Everything I Never Told You is about a interracial family living in America during the 1970s. The story starts off by simply telling you that Lydia, the second child, died. The story is not mainly centered around why Lydia dies but instead we take a look at the history of each family member leading to their miscommunication and disappointments. It is a story about race, sexism, and communications. 
 First of all for some reason I thought this book was a teen book but then I got to a part where I started questioning if it actually is a teen book (and it isn't). I thought it was an interesting read because the topics of being a minority is relatable since I am a Chinese Canadian. The subjects of this book is clearly important but in terms of the pacing in the book, I thought it was kind of slow. Personally I didn't really think there were elements in this book that made me surprised or excited. It was sort of like Ok been there done that, now what? I feel like a lot of people who have read this book say that everything went bad because they never communicated with each other, but I think that's an understatement. It's definitely something more complicated than that. We know that sometimes in the heat of the moment, we could say things that we do not mean, and we can even misheard someone too. There are reasons why sometimes we hesitate to voice things, even to our most trusted loved ones.