.Mentioning TBRs, this book has performed my TBR because it to begin with came out back in 2021 (doesn't that feel like a thousand years earlier?). When You Look Like Us is a page-turner of a mystery that examines crucial social concerns, which you could possess reckoned currently from the title. I am actually bummed it took me as long to get around to this, but I'm therefore delighted I lastly performed.This book observes Jay Murphy, a junior in senior high school that was raised by his grandma, Mimi, after his dad passed away and also his mommy wound up behind bars. Jay is actually performing everything he can to deal with his grandmother and his sibling Nic. He merely got a work at Taco Alarm and additionally creates a little extra money on the side creating papers for his friends. On the whole, whatever is actually going well at school, at the office, as well as along with his partner, however everything happens crashing down when his sister Nic vanishes.Promptly, Jay can't aid but blame himself. The evening prior to Nic's loss, he received a telephone call from her and also decided on to dismiss it. Then, when she does not return straightaway, he supposes it's just Nic being Nic and that she's most likely only off someplace with her drug-dealing man. So like the really good brother he is actually, he attempts to pay for her. But as the days pass and Nic does not get back, Jay asks yourself how things could have gone in different ways if he would certainly addressed that phone call. Or if he 'd let someone understand she was missing out on the minute he recognized it.By the opportunity Jay ultimately communicates to the Newport Information authorities team, Nic has actually been actually skipping for many days. He is actually starting to definitely worry something negative needs to have taken place to her. The cops, having said that, seem less interested. A lady coming from a "bad" area? A woman that relates to pusher? A female who possesses a medication routine herself? Whatever occurred to her, it is actually probably her mistake. A minimum of that seems to be to be the mindset of the authorities. Jay refuses to leave it at that though. Luckily, he does not have to look for her alone. With help from his friend Riley, Jay will cease at nothing to uncover the fact of what took place to his sis, and, if she is actually still out there somewhere, to bring her home.It's difficult to read this book and also certainly not quickly fall in love with Jay, a personality who is so compelling consequently well thought-out as well as appreciating people in his lifestyle. As our storyteller, Jay recognizes just how missing Black girls, specifically ones coming from bad areas, are often not concerns for police. Jay explores those tough yet very actual truths all while never shedding hope. And also the means this puzzle unfolds is actually really pleasing.If you feel like me and also you've possessed this on your TBR for some time, it is actually time to select it up!