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How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi was a book that I approached with curiosity and hope,...
There's so much drama in the Goodreads reviews over this one. Some feel the Muslim religion...
This was a 3.5 star read rounded up to 4 for me. I loved the opening of the story and the way the...
I am loving new books that really focus on other peoples upbringings as it relates to their own...
Unfortunately, though I was excited for this one, this book just did not hit for me. I love a...
How It All Blew Up is Arvin Ahmadi’s best book yet. We follow Amir Azadi (which...seems to rhyme...
I liked how much this book was relatable to all young people out there. I think we all have...
I loved everything about this book from the atmosphere to the main character. The way it was told...
An Iranian family is detained at the airport. During the interrogation a teenage tale of...
Amir is pulled into an interrogation room at the airport because security thinks he is a...
Amir, a gay 18 year old high school senior, is bullied and blackmailed by a classmate who...
A story that alternates between present day and the past. Amir and his family tell their...
Thank you to Penguin Teen for sending me an eARC of this! Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi doesn't...
I had high hopes for Arvin Ahmadi's "How it All Blew Up". It just fell flat. I will...
I had very mixed feelings about this book. It was a very quick and easy read for me, but it...
Cutting to the chase I reccomend this book. The following is why. The main characters voice and...
“I didn’t have to go with them. It all happened so quickly, and the fact that they flew all the...
"But when you’re gay— your family isn’t different like you anymore. They don’t understand. And...
I went on so many walks so I could listen to How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi and it's...
I received a finished copy of this book from BookishFirst in exchange for an honest review. Thank...
I absolutely sped through this novel in a couple hours the night before (morning of? *sweats...
Nobody is at their best on an airplane - it’s tight quarters, the temperature is never quite...
I'm struggling, torn on this book. What I can say with certainty, however, is wow do I love...
Overall, I would say this book was pretty good. What I thought this book did fairly well was the...
This is such an interesting take on a coming out story. I love the way it was written. We follow...
***SPOILER ALERT***: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi was an impactful, yet fun read. The book...
This is a book about a young man reconciling two parts of his identity that he feels strongly...
Similar to my favorite YA LGBT writer, Adam Silvera, this author creates a fun, interesting, and...
At first I was very curious to see how this would play out. When he started to explain what was...
Really enjoyable coming oof age story. Amir is Muslim and he’s also gay. He’s not sure how he...
How It All Blew Up is a delightful, coming of age, coming out story where the main character Amir...
This was my first book to read by Arvin Ahmadi and I was blown away! I think it was incredibly...
This YA novel featured the story of Amir, an Iranian-American boy struggling with coming out to...
From the start of the book, I was pulled in immediately. Ahmadi did a wonderful job of bringing...
I really enjoyed this book. This book covered what it was like to be gay in a religious,...
I enjoyed reading this book. It feels honest and rings true as you read the story. The main...
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