A review by toucanjam
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

5.0

Omg I’ve been looking for this book forever. I couldn’t remember the title just that the main character’s name was Gabi and that she was going through ALOT of stuff in her life. It was a perfect blend of humor and growing pains that also focused on some really heavy stuff. I remember laughing like crazy in one passage and also being incredulous that I was because as I said, Gabi and her loved ones we’re dealing with a lot of heavy stuff. It kind of reminded me of the absolutely true diary of a part time Indian in the way it infused humor and common coming age tropes along with shedding a light on more some more adverse struggles that a girl like Gabi or a boy like Junior would experience. I think it’s a touch sorely missing from YA. I think I took away from this novel that life is hard but poetry is freeing and friendships and love are worth fighting for.