The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Perfect! Pure perfection! Everyone should read this book. It will break your heart but also heal it. There are so amazing quotes in this book that will stick with me for a long time ❤️

To be honest.. this exactly what I needed in my life. This was just fantastic. At work, I cannot write a review without crying.. hence. Just a few hours and will talk about it in detail. :) READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

„I know you sometimes think that people are like books. But our lives don´t have neat logical plots, and we don´t always say beautiful, intelligent things like the characters in a novel. That´s not the way life is.“ (p.116) Funnily enough, this quote sums up the major problem I had with this book because, yes, YOU do. But let me start from the beginning. Don´t get me wrong, this isn´t a bad book. It´s just that, for me, it felt too pretentious. There´s so friggin much babbling going on, which wouldn´t be a problem if it weren´t meant to be a YA novel. Never in my life have I met a teenage boy who talks about life and emotions like that. Then again, Sal is like the first teen ever that has an aversion to the word „fuck“. Like, you´re going around hitting people in the face, but when your best friend who is known and loved for cussing drops the f-bomb, that´s a problem? Gurl… There is a whole lot of this „Bla bla bla poetic metaphor. But life isn´t like this.“ By the 37th time, it was pissing me off. Another thing that bothered me was the writing. There. Are. Too. Many. Sentences. Like. This. Especially the chapter headings were really getting on my nerves. About the things I did like: Diversity: Pretty much all of the characters are of Mexican heritage, there are a couple of gay characters and a good representation of people in different living conditions. I enjoyed the family dynamics. Maybe slightly unrealistic, but they gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Also, the cover is really beautiful. So..I don´t know if I recommend reading this book. If you were a fan of Aristoteles and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe you might enjoy this, but it isn´t nearly as good or touching imo.