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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
***TRIGGER WARNING***
This book contains suicide, mentions of rape, mentions of anorexia, mentions of child abuse, sexual assault, self-harm, and gun violence.
It's actually 2.5 stars from me. I really wanted to like this book because it has been a very long time since I have seen myself represented in a book as a Mexican-American, but it was just not what I expected. The triggers alone were enough to put me off since I have previous trauma with some of those things. I would have appreciated some mention of that in the summary so I better understood what I was getting into or even avoided the book.
Nevertheless, I carefully pushed through it. Julia, as smart as she is, was often rash and abrasive. She often judged people on looks and fat-shamed people. As the book progressed, I did enjoy her more, but I think the emotional abuse should have been better adressed.
The writing itself was okay, but honestly dragged on at some points. There were short paragraphs of things that I felt should have been delved into more and other things brushed aside altogether.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book. It was okay for what it was, but again, I do think the summary is incredibly misleading.
This book contains suicide, mentions of rape, mentions of anorexia, mentions of child abuse, sexual assault, self-harm, and gun violence.
It's actually 2.5 stars from me. I really wanted to like this book because it has been a very long time since I have seen myself represented in a book as a Mexican-American, but it was just not what I expected. The triggers alone were enough to put me off since I have previous trauma with some of those things. I would have appreciated some mention of that in the summary so I better understood what I was getting into or even avoided the book.
Nevertheless, I carefully pushed through it. Julia, as smart as she is, was often rash and abrasive. She often judged people on looks and fat-shamed people. As the book progressed, I did enjoy her more, but I think the emotional abuse should have been better adressed.
The writing itself was okay, but honestly dragged on at some points. There were short paragraphs of things that I felt should have been delved into more and other things brushed aside altogether.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book. It was okay for what it was, but again, I do think the summary is incredibly misleading.