A review by dlberglund
Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez

4.0

Told from 3 perspectives- friends JD and Juan, and Juan's mother- this book breaks your heart in all the ways the characters barely miss everything. Every single thing. Nobody can catch a break, and even if they might have, they likely screw it up for themselves. It's told in a very realistic style, set firmly in modern El Paso with teens who talk like teens and make stupid decisions like teens. This is an excellent book, though I wouldn’t call it a particularly optimistic one.