A timely, accessible story about race and friendship. Riley, a Black reporter and Jen, her white best friend since childhood, are torn apart when Jen's police officer husband is involved in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Philadelphia. At some points I wished the main characters had been slightly more distanced from the main action of the case, so there was more space to see how biases manifest in these cases between average people. I appreciated that while the authors empathize with Jen, they never fail to remind readers that her pain is not the same as that of her husband's victim's, and the bigger picture of police killings of Black people is reinforced throughout the book. We Are Not Like Them could be a good book for a book club of friends looking to get into more meaningful conversations about race.