A review by zquill
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

4.0

As an adopted kid, this is the first book I've read that really got the feeling of what it means to both belong and yet somehow not quite fit with your family without that invalidating the love you share with them. There's a lot of other stuff going on in this novel, and some of it (Salvador and Sam's friendship, Fito becoming a member of their group) is well done and genuine, but some of it's also overwrought and long-winded. Several issues I thought Sal had dealt with r at least made progress on are brought up again and again, only slightly restated from the first time. But Sal's beautiful relationship with his grandmother and the sudden and scary violent urges he just can't seem to get a handle of make this a very fine book.