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A review by whatellisreadnext
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
๐๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง. ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ.
Pizza girl is eighteen, pregnant and working as a delivery driver. She's grieving the death of her alcoholic father, whilst also trying to avoid her supportive mother and boyfriend. She will do everything in her power to ignore her future and what it might hold. This is when she delivers a pickle covered pizza to Jenny, a middle aged mother, and becomes instantly obsessed with her.
This book is great. Frazier did an incredible job of throwing us into the crowded mind of our unnamed protagonist. I felt for her. At points, I felt like I was her. This is one of the best portrayals of mental health I have ever read. Frazier effortlessly depicts the rawness of her grief for her father and the anxiety she struggles with everyday.
This one isn't all doom and gloom, it's also really funny in parts, and full of heart warming moments too. After finishing Earthlings by Sayaka Murata a few days ago, I couldn't help but pull so many parallels between the two. The writing style and themes felt very similar, and I loved how they both took a turn a little over halfway through.
I highly recommend this one if you're looking to stray away from your normal reading with a book that is truly unique, and will have you flipping the pages as quickly as you possibly can. I honestly can't believe this is a debut, it was that good.
Thank you to HQ for the gifted copy๐งก
Pizza girl is eighteen, pregnant and working as a delivery driver. She's grieving the death of her alcoholic father, whilst also trying to avoid her supportive mother and boyfriend. She will do everything in her power to ignore her future and what it might hold. This is when she delivers a pickle covered pizza to Jenny, a middle aged mother, and becomes instantly obsessed with her.
This book is great. Frazier did an incredible job of throwing us into the crowded mind of our unnamed protagonist. I felt for her. At points, I felt like I was her. This is one of the best portrayals of mental health I have ever read. Frazier effortlessly depicts the rawness of her grief for her father and the anxiety she struggles with everyday.
This one isn't all doom and gloom, it's also really funny in parts, and full of heart warming moments too. After finishing Earthlings by Sayaka Murata a few days ago, I couldn't help but pull so many parallels between the two. The writing style and themes felt very similar, and I loved how they both took a turn a little over halfway through.
I highly recommend this one if you're looking to stray away from your normal reading with a book that is truly unique, and will have you flipping the pages as quickly as you possibly can. I honestly can't believe this is a debut, it was that good.
Thank you to HQ for the gifted copy๐งก
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, and Vomit