Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (2019): A Review
Title : Like a Love Story Author : Abdi Nazemian Publication Year : 2019 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐💫 Pages : 432 Source : audiobook @storytel.tr Genre : literary fiction, coming-of-age, queer, historical fiction, romance, young adult, LGBT Like a Love Story Abdi Nazemian’s book follows three friends — Reza, Judy, and Art — three outsider teenagers trying to survive high school, family expectations, first loves, and the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York. Reza is still navigating his sexuality and is not yet out, while Art is openly gay and politically active, refusing to hide himself even in a deeply homophobic and frightening historical moment. There was a great deal I appreciated in this novel. First, I found Nazemian’s portrayal of Reza, an Iranian immigrant who moved from Iran to Canada and then Canada, adjusting to a new life in America, especially moving. Reza has to navigate a new country, a new school, a new stepfather and stepbrother, and, most importantly, the painful process of under...
