paoinla 's review for:

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

4.0

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I enjoyed that this book touched on subjects on what is like to be a Mexican American such as expectations due to patriarchy, daughter of immigrants, and as a teenage girl in Chicago. Although, I found the character Julia to be a little obnoxious at times due to her age and perhaps her strong personality. It could be due to her mental health and problems with relationships with others. It was good to read about her mental health but I feel that the author could have talked about that a lot more and given more information to help readers with similar situation. I gave a 4 star review because of it and also the depiction of Mexico in the books did not sit right with me either. I understand that many small towns in Mexico could be dangerous but I feel that it could've been depicted in different ways, rather than the most stereotypical ways. Overall, it was an easy read and was good to read about that is very different from most YA books. I was caught off guard with the ending, hoping that other readers find their path to heal from similar familial troubles due to being children of immigrants.