.Speaking of TBRs, this book possesses been on my TBR since it to begin with showed up back in 2021 (doesn't that seem like a million years back?). When You Seem like Us is actually a page-turner of an enigma that takes a look at crucial social problems, which you may possess thought currently coming from the label. I am actually ill it took me so long to get around to this set, but I'm therefore delighted I lastly performed.This book adheres to Jay Murphy, a junior in senior high school that was raised through his grandmother, Mimi, after his father died as well as his mommy ended up behind bars. Jay is doing every thing he can to care for his grandma and also his sister Nic. He only received a project at Taco Alarm as well as also makes a little bit of money on the side writing documents for his classmates. Generally, whatever is actually going well at college, at work, and also with his girlfriend, but all of it happens plunging down when his sibling Nic fades away.Immediately, Jay can't assist yet criticize themself. The evening just before Nic's disappearance, he obtained a phone call from her and also chose to disregard it. After that, when she does not come home right now, he presumes it's only Nic being actually Nic and also she's perhaps only off somewhere with her drug-dealing guy. Thus like the excellent sibling he is, he attempts to cover for her. But as the days elapsed as well as Nic does not get home, Jay questions exactly how things may have gone in different ways if he would certainly responded to that telephone call. Or if he 'd permit someone recognize she was missing out on the minute he understood it.By the opportunity Jay eventually reaches out to the Newport News authorities division, Nic has actually been missing for many days. He is actually beginning to really panic something negative needs to have happened to her. The cops, nevertheless, seem to be a lot less worried. A girl coming from a "negative" neighborhood? A woman that relates to drug dealers? A gal that has a medicine habit herself? Whatever occurred to her, it is actually possibly her fault. At least that seems to be the attitude of the authorities. Jay refuses to leave it at that though. Thankfully, he doesn't have to hunt for her alone. With help from his buddy Riley, Jay will stop at nothing at all to discover the fact of what took place to his sis, and also, if she is actually still available someplace, to carry her home.It is actually difficult to read this publication as well as certainly not quickly fall in love with Jay, a character who is actually so vibrant and so helpful and also appreciating people in his lifestyle. As our storyteller, Jay recognizes exactly how absent Dark gals, especially ones from poor communities, are frequently certainly not priorities for police. Jay explores those tough however extremely actual realities all while never ever losing chance. And the method this secret unfurls is very gratifying.If you're like me as well as you've possessed this on your TBR for some time, it is actually time to pick it up!