Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love

Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love by Huma Qureshi
Reviewed by Tanya
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I adored this book! As Mimi said in her review, I think Huma is becoming one of my favourite authors too! There’s just something about her writing that feels…homely!

I never thought I’d enjoy short stories because I’m always wanting more. I need that closure but I felt like each story ended perfectly, I mean if Huma wrote a whole book on a few of these I’d happily read them lol but they were great the way they were!
In terms of short stories, I’ve read books like Murakami’s Men without Women - I just didn’t enjoy it and it didn’t have the same effect on me. So when the girls mentioned this book I was a little hesitant but I loved every bit of it!

I can’t pick a favourite story because I genuinely enjoyed them all. There’s a few that stood out for me though: Superstitions, Foreign Parts, The Wishes and especially Too Much. I understood where both Shaheen and Amal were coming from but just felt like it was handled so badly and it just made me want to cry out of frustration! It was actually so heartbreaking 😭