.Mentioning TBRs, this manual possesses gotten on my TBR given that it initially visited back in 2021 (does not that feel like a thousand years back?). When You Look Like Us is a page-turner of a puzzle that analyzes significant social concerns, which you could have guessed currently coming from the label. I am actually ill it took me as long to get around to this one, but I'm therefore thankful I lastly did.This book observes Jay Murphy, a junior in senior high school who was increased by his grandma, Mimi, after his father died as well as his mama ended up in jail. Jay is actually doing every little thing he may to take care of his granny and also his sis Nic. He simply got a work at Taco Alarm and also brings in a little additional money on the side creating documents for his schoolmates. On the whole, every little thing is going well at school, at the office, as well as along with his partner, but all of it happens plunging down when his sister Nic fades away.Immediately, Jay can't help but blame himself. The night before Nic's disappearance, he obtained a telephone call coming from her as well as picked to ignore it. Then, when she does not return as soon as possible, he thinks it's only Nic being Nic which she's probably only off somewhere along with her drug-dealing sweetheart. Therefore like the good bro he is actually, he makes an effort to pay for her. However as the days successfully pass and also Nic doesn't come home, Jay thinks about exactly how factors could have gone in different ways if he 'd responded to that telephone call. Or even if he 'd let a person recognize she was actually missing out on the instant he understood it.By the opportunity Jay finally communicates to the Newport Headlines police division, Nic has actually been overlooking for a number of days. He's starting to definitely stress one thing poor has to possess occurred to her. The cops, however, seem less worried. A female from a "negative" area? A gal that associates with drug supplier? A lady who possesses a medicine behavior herself? Whatever happened to her, it's possibly her fault. At the very least that seems to be to be the mindset of the authorities. Jay rejects to leave it at that though. Luckily, he does not must look for her alone. Through his good friend Riley, Jay is going to stop at absolutely nothing to discover the honest truth of what happened to his sibling, as well as, if she's still on the market somewhere, to deliver her home.It's difficult to read this publication and also not instantly fall for Jay, a personality that is actually so vibrant consequently well thought-out and loving people in his lifestyle. As our narrator, Jay acknowledges just how missing Dark gals, especially ones coming from unsatisfactory communities, are actually frequently certainly not priorities for police. Jay explores those hard however incredibly actual realities all while certainly never dropping chance. And the way this mystery unravels is actually incredibly satisfying.If you resemble me and you've possessed this one on your TBR for a while, it is actually opportunity to pick it up!