A review by regitzexenia
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
5.0
Do you guys have any idea how rarely I read a book that makes me shout at the book? Not because the characters are being stupid of the plot is slacking, but because it is so infuriatingly accurate?
Very, very rare.
Let's back up a moment.
I was reccommended this book for my BA on diversity (specifically ethnicity) in Young Adult fiction. As since I couldn't find this book at any library anywhere in this damned country, I clicked on 'buy' and ordered the book without knowing what to expet.
Maybe because of this lack of expectations did the book blow me away like it did.
It was funny. More than once I couldn't stop laughing because the characters - especially the main character Gabi - was so endearing and stupidly funny. It was heartbreaking, more than once, in fact many, many times. And it was very thought-provoking, about "good girls", staying true to yourself, sexuality, teen pregnancies (well pregnancies in general) and sex, family, poetry, death and love and at the same time about prejudices, identity and labels.
I am so glad I finally read this book and I am so happy that I get to do my project on two books that I loved so much, this and Aristotle and Dante. Because this book was so worth the risk of buying it on more or less a whim.
Even if YA holds no interest for you, I'd still tell you to read this book. Because like it says on the back of my edition: "Gabi is purely herself - and that's what makes her universal.
My deepest reccommendations of this book and a lot of praise to Isabel Quintero for writing a wonderful story.
I'd say go pick it up right away, but if you live in Denmark like me, it might take a few minutes to actually locate a copy. But it is so worth it!
Very, very rare.
Let's back up a moment.
I was reccommended this book for my BA on diversity (specifically ethnicity) in Young Adult fiction. As since I couldn't find this book at any library anywhere in this damned country, I clicked on 'buy' and ordered the book without knowing what to expet.
Maybe because of this lack of expectations did the book blow me away like it did.
It was funny. More than once I couldn't stop laughing because the characters - especially the main character Gabi - was so endearing and stupidly funny. It was heartbreaking, more than once, in fact many, many times. And it was very thought-provoking, about "good girls", staying true to yourself, sexuality, teen pregnancies (well pregnancies in general) and sex, family, poetry, death and love and at the same time about prejudices, identity and labels.
I am so glad I finally read this book and I am so happy that I get to do my project on two books that I loved so much, this and Aristotle and Dante. Because this book was so worth the risk of buying it on more or less a whim.
Even if YA holds no interest for you, I'd still tell you to read this book. Because like it says on the back of my edition: "Gabi is purely herself - and that's what makes her universal.
My deepest reccommendations of this book and a lot of praise to Isabel Quintero for writing a wonderful story.
I'd say go pick it up right away, but if you live in Denmark like me, it might take a few minutes to actually locate a copy. But it is so worth it!