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A review by ngreader
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
2.0
I really disliked a) the pacing of this story (felt too rushed and like too many things were crammed together) and b) the characters - everyone apart from the oldest and youngest sister just were not very likable.
The traditions talked about for this quince were pretty common ones - just not ones that I had in my quince or that other friends had in theirs, so it was kinda weird to hear them talked about like they are at every quince. I received different symbolic gifts at my quince ceremony and didn't receive others. Another friend stated that an important part of the quince was having a big cake - not present at my quince or this book. Honduras is going to have different traditions than Mexico, but I would appreciate a simple statement at the author's notes that stated "This is true for my quince but other countries and even regions might have different traditions". As my friend mentioned, Puerto Rico has a quince-ish thing, but they don't call it a quince - they have another name for it.
Also, I didn't like how Sue's mom forced her to have a quince. A quince is a lot of money and planning and you should have the option to not do it - I had a quince and my little sister did not. I *am* half-Mexican, but my mom's parents (Mexican immigrants) gave my mom a choice to do or not do a quince - and my mom was the only daughter. I didn't like that this mom essentially forced her daughter to go through an elaborate ceremony and went behind her back and then got upset when Sue (rightfully) got hurt/upset/mad about her mother going against her decisions.
The older sister was the MVP of this whole book.
Rant over.
The traditions talked about for this quince were pretty common ones - just not ones that I had in my quince or that other friends had in theirs, so it was kinda weird to hear them talked about like they are at every quince. I received different symbolic gifts at my quince ceremony and didn't receive others. Another friend stated that an important part of the quince was having a big cake - not present at my quince or this book. Honduras is going to have different traditions than Mexico, but I would appreciate a simple statement at the author's notes that stated "This is true for my quince but other countries and even regions might have different traditions". As my friend mentioned, Puerto Rico has a quince-ish thing, but they don't call it a quince - they have another name for it.
Also, I didn't like how Sue's mom forced her to have a quince. A quince is a lot of money and planning and you should have the option to not do it - I had a quince and my little sister did not. I *am* half-Mexican, but my mom's parents (Mexican immigrants) gave my mom a choice to do or not do a quince - and my mom was the only daughter. I didn't like that this mom essentially forced her daughter to go through an elaborate ceremony and went behind her back and then got upset when Sue (rightfully) got hurt/upset/mad about her mother going against her decisions.
The older sister was the MVP of this whole book.
Rant over.