leahnyfeler 's review for:

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

3.0

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There’s a lot going on with this story — perhaps too much. The main character is hard to like in the first half of the book, and I also stopped reading because the snotty kid + sad life is an unpleasant combo. The mystery around Olga could’ve been omitted entirely, as could the family revelation regarding Ama and still have had plenty of tragedy and family dysfunction to explore — and Julia could grow in the same ways; the plot would’ve had more room to breathe.