.Speaking of TBRs, this manual possesses performed my TBR considering that it initially came out back in 2021 (doesn't that feel like a million years ago?). When You Look Like Us is actually a page-turner of an enigma that checks out important social concerns, which you might possess presumed presently coming from the headline. I'm ill it took me such a long time to get around to this, however I am actually thus grateful I ultimately did.This publication follows Jay Murphy, a junior in secondary school that was actually increased through his grandma, Mimi, after his father died and his mama ended up in jail. Jay is actually doing whatever he can to care for his granny and also his sibling Nic. He merely received a work at Taco Bell and also makes a little extra money on the edge writing papers for his friends. Overall, whatever is actually going well at university, at the office, and with his girl, yet everything comes crashing down when his sibling Nic disappears.Quickly, Jay can't aid however blame himself. The night before Nic's loss, he got a phone call from her and picked to dismiss it. Then, when she doesn't come home straightaway, he presumes it is actually just Nic being actually Nic which she's most likely only off someplace along with her drug-dealing guy. Therefore like the really good sibling he is actually, he tries to pay for her. Yet as the times successfully pass and Nic does not return, Jay thinks about just how points could possess gone in a different way if he would certainly responded to that telephone call. Or if he will permit somebody understand she was overlooking the instant he recognized it.By the time Jay finally communicates to the Newport Information cops division, Nic has been missing for many days. He's starting to truly fret one thing poor has to possess happened to her. The police, nonetheless, seem to be much less concerned. A female from a "bad" neighborhood? A gal that connects with peddler? A female who has a medicine practice herself? Whatever happened to her, it's most likely her fault. At least that appears to be the perspective of the authorities. Jay refuses to leave it at that though. Luckily, he doesn't must seek her alone. Through his close friend Riley, Jay is going to quit at nothing to find the honest truth of what happened to his sibling, and also, if she is actually still out there someplace, to take her home.It's difficult to review this manual and also certainly not instantly fall for Jay, a personality that is so dynamic and so thoughtful and also caring about individuals in his lifestyle. As our storyteller, Jay recognizes exactly how absent Black girls, particularly ones from unsatisfactory communities, are usually certainly not priorities for law enforcement. Jay checks out those tough yet quite real facts all while never dropping chance. And also the way this enigma unravels is quite rewarding.If you resemble me and you have actually had this one on your TBR for a while, it is actually time to choose it up!