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How it All Blew Up is the story of how Amir Azadi runs away from home to find himself and escape...
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I absolutely adored this book. It covered such an important topic in a very personal way....
Our protagonist, Amir, leads us on a journey of blackmail, running away, homophobia, and racism....
What struck me from the very beginning about How It All Blew Up was how relatable Amir is. Don't...
This was so good! I wish there were half stars because this was four and a half stars for sure. I...
HOW IT ALL BLEW UP is an absolutely riveting coming-out story. Amir Azadi is an Iranian American...
How it All Blew Up is an LGBTQ+ coming of age novel about one boys journey with accepting who he...
When I first read the excerpt through BookishFirst, I was very intrigued by the formatting (I...
2.5 stars This YA fiction read was disappointing for me. I had enjoyed a previous book by this...
I read this entire book over the course of a few hours, in a single sitting. I couldn’t put it...
I cried. I love this book so much. It’s a book about judging people, expectations, letting go of...
When reading the first look at this book, as soon as "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" was...
I know this is supposed to be one of the most anticipated books of the year, but I felt like that...
When Amir gets blackmailed by his classmate threatening to out him to his family, he panics and...
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Amir is a Muslim who fears coming out. His family is described as being conservative and his...
How it All Blew Up is about Amir, a closeted, eighteen-year-old. He always knew it would be hard...
I have never read a book by Arvin Ahmadi before and I'm so glad that this was my first experience...
I went into this book thinking it was a book representing queer Muslim’s in YA. I did not get...
From the very first line of the book, the sarcastic and humorous voice of the main character...
I enjoyed this book! It was a quick read with likable characters and a story that I haven’t seen...
How It All Blew Up is a fun LGBTQ+ young adult read. The story starts with the main character,...
What a great book! After seeing this book being compared to Silvera’s and Abertalli’s work, I was...
I zoomed through this heart-warming book. I thought it was going to be more of a romance about a...
To say it simply, How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi, was a wonderfully constructed masterpiece....
This book did not do it for me. The beginning started out alright so I was hopeful, but...no....
The story is about Amir who is gay and a Muslim and Iranian. The story goes back and forth...
*3.5 stars* I flew through reading this book, it was very quick and fast-paced! In the book, Amir...
Whenever I have the chance to read a book that has a main character who is a part of the LGBTQ...
This story seems to be a coming about a young man who is going against eve he knows to be the man...
The writing was bleh. I am a high school librarian and I love realistic fiction about teens. It...
A masterfully told coming of age/coming out/ and how to handle yourself in the event of a...
This book is about a high school student called Amir Azadi. He is keeping a secrecy from his very...
The plot to this story is current - it's important - it needs to be shared. The writing is easy...
One of the things I love the most in this First Look is the cutting between the characters in the...
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