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I enjoyed reading this book. It feels honest and rings true as you read the story. The main...
“At the end of the day, I’d much rather be in this airport interrogation room than back in the...
"It is such a privilege, you know? To get to be yourself, all of yourself, in this great big...
Although I'm not gay, I completely accepted the author's POV because at that age, I did something...
Arwin Ahmadi’s ‘How It All Blew Up’ has been such a fun and at the same time important book. I...
This book had a lot going on and I really enjoyed it! I also love a book with human. There was...
I love LGBTQ books, and I haven’t read one featuring a gay Muslim character such as Amir until...
Arvin Ahmadi does a wonderful job at bringing the main character, Amir, to life. There are not...
Thanks, Bookishfirst for the chance to read this awesome book. I spent three years living...
My favorite part of this book was the humor. I found myself constantly surprised by how funny it...
Amir’s plan was to just get through high school, write Wikipedia pages, and wait until college to...
A truly fantastic story about family, found family, and being true to oneself. Poor Amir is so...
I won an advanced copy of How it All Blew Up through NetGalley, so I could share my review with...
This book hooked me in from the start! It begins with a family being detained at the airport for...
This is by far the author’s best work yet. I’ve read his previous two and while they were...
I am writing this review for Bookish First, who gave me a sneak peek. I love a coming of age...
How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi - thoroughly enjoyable. Amir is 18 years old, Muslim, and no...
I was very excited to get a chance to read this one early, because this author has been on my...
In this new release, we see Amir coming to terms with his sexuality. Raised in a conservative...
★★★★☆ From the beginning of the story, this book got me intrigued. The way Arvin manages to...
The idea of a gay Muslim story was very intriguing to me and I really enjoyed reading the first...
Amir is being blackmailed by a student so he runs away to Rome. He then meets an interesting...
This is the second book I've read by Ahmadi and its just as hard hitting as the first one....
"It's hard enough living one life; no one should have to go through the trouble of living...
I was pretty drawn to this book when I read the synopsis and the first few sections - otherwise I...
Amir Azadi thinks his teenage life is hard enough just being the new kid in school and being the...
I loved this book. Parts of this book made me laugh some made me cry.I wanted to give this poor...
'how it all blew up' by arvin ahmadi follows two timelines: amir azadi and his family's...
I won a copy of this book from BookishFirst. The story begins with Amir and his family (dad, mom,...
***3.5 stars*** I'm so glad to have had a chance to read and review this ARC. It's an authentic...
18-year-old Amir is struggling to come out to his family. So when a bully at school starts...
Amir, an 18-year-old from a traditional Iranian family, flees the US and flies solo to Rome when...
Amir is an Iranian American teenager who is gay and in the closet. When another student...
This book was an extremely cute read. It is, in part, a coming of age store of a young queer teen...
How It All Blew Up is not my usual choice for genre of reading material, and I was previously...
This was a great story. It was a cute and romantic read with a serious message and a heartwarming...
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