Show Us Who You Are book review

I love Elle McNicoll as an author so much and was so excited to read her entire back list.

Show Us Who You Are follows Cora who is autistic and often struggles to make friends. Cora's brother introduces her to his boss's son Adrian whom she immediately makes great friends with but together they slowly discover more information about Adrian's dad's company Cora needs to work out what she wants to do and what the right thing to do is.

I connected so much to many of Cora's struggles and loved her as a character so much. She was great to read about and I just wanted the best for her which often meant I wanted to talk to other characters and just explain it all. The way she approaches everything that goes down made me really want the best for her and help her make the right and hard decisions. You understand why she makes the decisions she does and how things that have previously happened impact her and her decisions.

I love Adrian and the friendship that he builds with Cora. I also like how the two of them connect so well through the fact they are both neurodivergent and understand each other through that but don't push each other too much either, it felt perfect for both of them. The way the story ended was fantastic and made me so happy for all the characters.

Once I was immersed in the story I could not put it down and was desperate to find out how it was all going to end for Cora. I read so much in one sitting and was so heavily immersed in it during a single evening unable to put it down.

I liked the AI and sci-fi parts of the story and how that was linked to the contemporary world that Cora lives in. It felt like the best of both genres and as someone that isn't a massive sci-fi reader in many ways, it felt more approachable due to that.

An easy five star read that I highly recommend and look forward to getting a physical copy of. Elle McNicoll is becoming a fast favourite author of mine and I am looking forward to reading the rest of her books that I have yet to do so.

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