Gabi, A Girl in Pieces

Today’s post is on Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero. It is 284 pages long and is published by Cinco Puntos Press. The cover is green with a young woman pieced together from different pictures in the center. The intended readers are young adults. There is mild foul language, implied and talk of sex, and talk of violence in this novel. The story is told from first person close of Gabi. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- Gabi Hernandez chronicles her last year in high school in her diary: college applications, Cindy's pregnancy, Sebastian's coming out, the cute boys, her father's meth habit, and the food she craves. And best of all, the poetry that helps forge her identity.For all the gorditas, flaquitas, and in-between girls trying to mke their space in the world. Don’t worry, you got this.

Review- This is a moving and interesting book about a young woman making her own space. The story is told from Gabi’s journal over the course of her senior year of high school. Gabi is a senior and trying to make the best choices for where to go for college. She is going to college and she wants to go to Berkley but she is not sure if she is good enough to get in. Then there is her family, her mother wants her to stay home and not get pregnant, her father is a meth addict and is spiraling out of control, and her younger brother is starting to act out; add in her friends’ problems and we have our story. The writing is great, the characters are interesting and believable, and the plot is engaging. Gabi is a good protagonist with flaws, hopes, and goals. Gabi writes about her world and it is very real reflecting the real world back at the reader. She makes good choices, bad choices, and has to learn to live with the choices of others too. If you are looking for a real world based novel with an interesting main character, I would recommend this novel.

I give this novel a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I was given this book as a gift.