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A review by lipstickitotheman
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Brilliant from cover to word to phrase to sentence to paragraph.
After wanting to smooth out her face lines in the previous page: "She laughed and her eyes got squinty, crinkled at the edges. I didn't want to smooth out all her lines." Chapter 2
"The folks at Vlasic are serious about keeping their shir airtight fresh!" Chapter 5
"We'd never sat next to each other before. She'd hugged me twice, but there was something more intimate about being close to someone and not touching. I could've counted the number of hairs on her arm if I'd wanted to and I kind of did." Chapter 6
Screams: "Jenny grabbed my hands again and this time didn't let go. I felt warmth and calluses. I wondered how she got them, what actions she'd committed to repeatedly that there was physical proof of them on her palms." Chapter 6
"Because the reality is, I've been to so many places and not a single one has saved me. And I need Los Angeles to save me." Chapter 6
"I could never understand how people were able to start conversations out of thin air and keep them moving and breathing." Chapter 7
"this simple fact made me ache in a place deep enough inside me that I wasn't sure how to claw it out without mangling other parts of me in the process" Chapter 8
"......... I realized how avoidance was the most attention you could give something." Epilogue
After wanting to smooth out her face lines in the previous page: "She laughed and her eyes got squinty, crinkled at the edges. I didn't want to smooth out all her lines." Chapter 2
"The folks at Vlasic are serious about keeping their shir airtight fresh!" Chapter 5
"We'd never sat next to each other before. She'd hugged me twice, but there was something more intimate about being close to someone and not touching. I could've counted the number of hairs on her arm if I'd wanted to and I kind of did." Chapter 6
Screams: "Jenny grabbed my hands again and this time didn't let go. I felt warmth and calluses. I wondered how she got them, what actions she'd committed to repeatedly that there was physical proof of them on her palms." Chapter 6
"Because the reality is, I've been to so many places and not a single one has saved me. And I need Los Angeles to save me." Chapter 6
"I could never understand how people were able to start conversations out of thin air and keep them moving and breathing." Chapter 7
"this simple fact made me ache in a place deep enough inside me that I wasn't sure how to claw it out without mangling other parts of me in the process" Chapter 8
"......... I realized how avoidance was the most attention you could give something." Epilogue
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Stalking