pondie 's review for:

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

3.0

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Luckily, I have read some very good YA novels, this was not one of them. This is what I think I would have thought YA novels would be like. I found the narrator dramatic and annoying. And maybe the mother even more annoying. It had some special moments and I think a 14 year old would like it, but not an adult. I enjoyed some of the cultural aspects but I think the book tried to cover too many subjects. I’d like to edit the book to create two separate books. You cannot cover all the following subjects well in one YA novel: classism, racism, depression, a mystery, suicide, drug lords, rape, American dream, mother/daughter relationship, homophobia, Catholicism, illegal immigrants, first generation, virginity and love.