Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez

Barely Missing Everything

Matt Mendez

320 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

In the tradition of Jason Reynolds and Matt de la Peña, this heartbreaking, no-holds-barred debut novel told from three points of view explores how difficult it is to make it in life when you—your life, brown lives—don’t matter.Juan has plans. He’...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 20 reviews

Moods

emotional 80%
sad 80%
challenging 60%
dark 60%
funny 40%
tense 40%
informative 20%

Pace

fast 50%
medium 33%
slow 16%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | A mix: 33%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.66

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.