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A review by megatsunami
They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez
3.0
I didn't care for this book. 3 stars because there was some original and interesting writing. But I felt the characters were very stereotyped, especially Rocky. The main character Maria didn't really feel coherent. She seemed to have totally different values and opinions and behaviors at different times throughout the book. Also I just really disliked a major aspect of the plot - and wouldn't have probably chosen to read the book if I'd realized that was going to happen. It felt icky to me.
Also, it seemed like the entire POV of both the dads was looking at themselves in the mirror and thinking about how they weren't attractive anymore. The moms (although we didn't hear their POV) also got a lot of commentary about whether or not they wore makeup and how they looked with or without it. It felt like a take-away message of the book is that anyone over 40 feels old and ugly and doesn't have value except maybe kind of as a parent.
Spoiler
the whole American-Beauty-esque plot with Maria hooking up with her friend's dadAlso, it seemed like the entire POV of both the dads was looking at themselves in the mirror and thinking about how they weren't attractive anymore. The moms (although we didn't hear their POV) also got a lot of commentary about whether or not they wore makeup and how they looked with or without it. It felt like a take-away message of the book is that anyone over 40 feels old and ugly and doesn't have value except maybe kind of as a parent.