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Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
by Isabel Quintero
I picked this book off of libby kind of on accident. I was looking for an audiobook for another book I am currently reading (which they did not have) and found this and was very intrigued by the cover as it is very weird. I read the little synopsis of the book and it sounded interesting and I am so glad I listened to this book. It was so interesting but also so sad in some aspects.
This book is about a girl named gabi and she is a Mexican "fat girl" as she likes to say. She was born out of wedlock which was a very big no no in her family and because of that she has been intimidated by sex as well as her mother who is very strict with her. Through this, she also has a meth head for a dad and a best friend who is gay and his family shames him for it. Her best friend is pregnant as well. There is just so many things happening in this story and with all of this, gabi also feels down on herself because she feels like no one loves her because of her size. You go through the story through her personal journal learning about how she gets through the craziness of life as a high school senior.
I loved this book. It was so fun to listen to and just a very interesting story all around. I felt so bad for gabi with dealing with a meth head for a father and a strict mother. I felt so bad for cindy too and the things she had to go through with being pregnant and just being pregnant at all. I related with gabi when she said she felt like she wasn't enough and others didn't like her because I have felt that in the past too.
I know they say don't judge a book by its cover, but i'm really glad I did for this one.
This book is about a girl named gabi and she is a Mexican "fat girl" as she likes to say. She was born out of wedlock which was a very big no no in her family and because of that she has been intimidated by sex as well as her mother who is very strict with her. Through this, she also has a meth head for a dad and a best friend who is gay and his family shames him for it. Her best friend is pregnant as well. There is just so many things happening in this story and with all of this, gabi also feels down on herself because she feels like no one loves her because of her size. You go through the story through her personal journal learning about how she gets through the craziness of life as a high school senior.
I loved this book. It was so fun to listen to and just a very interesting story all around. I felt so bad for gabi with dealing with a meth head for a father and a strict mother. I felt so bad for cindy too and the things she had to go through with being pregnant and just being pregnant at all. I related with gabi when she said she felt like she wasn't enough and others didn't like her because I have felt that in the past too.
I know they say don't judge a book by its cover, but i'm really glad I did for this one.