thingtwo 's review for:

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

2.0

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Julia Reyes is an unhappy teenager living with unhappy parents. Her older sister was killed by a bus. Her mother thinks Julia is overweight, and her boyfriend doesn't know she's poor. It's hard not to sympathize with Julia, living in a grieving household, but she's so pathetically self-centered. She's an unsympathetic character with virtually no redeeming qualities - even those the author intends to cause sympathy fall flat. I cannot recommend this book for teenagers.