Terrible book. Complete rip off of normal people. I cannot seem to like shirin at all despite the narrators desperate attempts at wanting to be liked. The voice is unsure yet wanting to be cutting and sharply observed. The truth is, she’s an inauthentic version of herself, doesn’t embrace much of her culture and whines on and on and on to the point where I had to almost throw the book in the garbage. Like I get that life is rough for you or whatever but please, go for a run or start your own publishing company or get your shit together literally just do something because it’s exhausting. And phoebe was right, shirin is a shitty self absorbed myopic friend who’s a hell of a lot more privileged than a lot of people in the world.