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Sammy Espinoza's Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia

3.75

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

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This book was beautifully written and that helped it make up for what the plot lacked. I loved the exploration of family in this book, and exploration of abandonment. I do think Max was written in a bit of a one dimensional way and was definitely too good to be true in the way that Sammy described him. Overall it was very compelling as I read it in two days and the second half of the book was way better than the first. I cried throughout the second half and it had me reflecting on my own life as well.