I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

This is a book I will probably forget, I felt it was really slow paced and touched on a lot of issues. (for warnings uncover spoilers. [ sexual assault, self-harm, and abuse. (There is a gay friend that gets beat at home), If you have tokophabia they mention pregnancy a LOT (hide spoiler)] Although, I thought Julia was a good character and found some more depth and meaning to her, her family, and Mexico. You go through this journey and the mystery of her sister's double life together. I really thought she developed slowly and nicely, fit the pace of the book. I also really enjoyed the culture, and I really feel like I learned a lot.

After reading The Kite Runner, the translations of words and phrases were pretty streamline and I knew what things were when they were talking about them. In this book, (I did audiobook) there was about 1/4 of words and phrases translated, so that would take me out of the story.

If you are looking for a coming of age story, this would probably a good rec. This wasn't for me, I didn't like the pacing and the fact that they brought up pregnancy a ton! It's a very real concern, especially for young teens. Being tokophobic it just kinda reminded me, of how scared I am of that issue being an adult. It was too constant for me.

I had this on an audiobook, which was narrated very well.

~Ashley