.Referring TBRs, this book possesses been on my TBR given that it initially visited back in 2021 (does not that believe that a thousand years back?). When You Look Like Us is a page-turner of a mystery that reviews significant social problems, which you may have suspected already coming from the headline. I'm ill it took me such a long time to get around to this one, but I'm so happy I lastly did.This book follows Jay Murphy, a junior in high school that was actually reared by his grandma, Mimi, after his daddy passed away and his mother ended up behind bars. Jay is actually performing every little thing he may to handle his grandmother as well as his sibling Nic. He just received a work at Taco Bell and likewise makes a little extra money on the edge creating documents for his schoolmates. Generally, whatever is actually working out at university, at work, as well as along with his partner, however everything comes crashing down when his sister Nic vanishes.Right away, Jay can't help yet criticize themself. The evening just before Nic's loss, he received a phone call coming from her and also selected to ignore it. Then, when she does not come home straightaway, he thinks it's merely Nic being actually Nic which she is actually possibly simply off somewhere with her drug-dealing guy. Therefore like the good brother he is, he tries to pay for her. But as the times elapsed as well as Nic does not come home, Jay ponders exactly how points might have gone differently if he 'd answered that phone call. Or if he will let someone understand she was missing the instant he recognized it.Due to the time Jay ultimately communicates to the Newport News cops division, Nic has been actually missing for many days. He is actually starting to actually stress one thing negative has to have happened to her. The cops, nonetheless, seem to be less concerned. A gal coming from a "negative" neighborhood? A lady that connects with pusher? A woman who has a medication habit herself? Whatever happened to her, it is actually possibly her fault. At the very least that seems to be the perspective of the authorizations. Jay refuses to leave it at that though. Thankfully, he does not must seek her alone. With the aid of his close friend Riley, Jay is going to stop at absolutely nothing to reveal the fact of what took place to his sibling, and, if she's still available someplace, to carry her home.It's difficult to read this book and also not instantly fall in love with Jay, a character who is therefore powerful and so thoughtful and appreciating the people in his life. As our narrator, Jay accepts how missing Dark ladies, particularly ones from bad areas, are commonly not top priorities for law enforcement. Jay checks out those complicated yet incredibly actual truths all while never ever dropping hope. And the method this puzzle unravels is extremely rewarding.If you're like me and also you have actually had this on your TBR for some time, it is actually opportunity to choose it up!