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You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat β book review
βIt is a bizarre and unsettling feeling, to exist in a liminal state between two realms, unable to attain full access to one or the other.β Although I’d intended to read You Exist Too Much I nearly didn’t after reading a really negative review for it, one that was very critical of Zaina Arafat’s depiction…
1st pov, 4.5 STARS, addiction, Adult, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, America, American, bad love, BISEXUAL/PANSEXUAL, cheating, CHILDHOOD, Contemporary, contemporary malaise, eating disorders, f/f, family, female authors, growing up, heartbreak/breakups, identity, intergenerational, introspective, Italy, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, love addiction, mental health, millennial, mothers & daughters, netgalley, NEW YORK, Palestine, palestinian author, PSYCHIATRISTS & THERAPISTS, psychological, published in 2020, queer, re-reads, read in 2020, read in 2021, read in 2022, sapphic, self-destructive, sex, SEXUALITY, she is not feeling good at all, the female malaise, toxic relationships, travel, unnamed narrator, west bank, You Exist Too Much, Zaina Arafat