A review by artransvet
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

5.0

This book made me ugly cry 5 or 6 times over the past two weeks. I listened to it on audiobook while commuting an hour to and from work. Wow. It was just as good as Aristotle and Dante if not better. Salvador goes through many heartbreaks with his friends as he struggles to define himself for a college admissions essay. His friend, Samantha is going after one bad boy at a time while her mother is drinking and partying her life away. His friend, Feeto is struggling to be a gay teen in a hispanic family that is full of violence and drug abuse. Salvador has his own issues at home with his grandma dying of cancer and his dad being gay. This book touches on these tough issues and the heartache the teens deal with as they process the hardships in their lives. I can't wait to put this book into the hands of students that are trying to sort out their own hardships...because this book reminds us that it's ok for boys to cry. It's necessary for boys and men to cry in order to deal with grief. I think that's a message that all young men need to hear.