bayan alrefai’s Reviews > Our Missing Hearts > Status Update

"despite the clamor & commotion, he feels oddly at home, and it takes a moment to understand why: all around him, suddenly, are people with faces like hers. and a bit like his. he has never been in a place like this, where no one gives him a second glance. if his father was here, he'd be the one standing out, not bird, and bird laughs for the first time in his life, he is unremarkable, and this feels like power."

i love celeste ng's writing style sm this is what i needed rn