A review by annalisenak97
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi

2.0

So I don't think this book really works for the target audience-- I can't imagine a 10 year old reading it and not being super confused. I still feel confused by this book after finishing it. Basically every single arc in this book remains unresolved after the last page, including and especially Ebony-Grace's war with her own imagination. I think I expected her to find some way to integrate her own imagination into her reality, but that never happened, and the lack of distinction between reality and imagination was just really confusing. Ebony-Grace also feels much younger than the 7th grader she's supposed to be to me. I will say the quality of writing is so excellent, and the setting is really powerful, as are the secondary characters. And the sci-fi space stuff in the book is STRONG! So that was grand, even though I didn't understand most of the references.