Gabi a Girl in Pieces

Gabi a Girl in Pieces was a very interesting book.  It wasn't like anything I have ever read. Mostly in the fact that it discussed almost all of the "don't talk about" issues. Sex, drugs, LGBTQ, weight, teen-pregnancy, culture. All things that may come up in a book, but not all together. Even though these are all taboo topics, it still went together. It felt genuine and worked well with the book. At times I felt like the author forgot parts about the character until they brought it back near the end, but I think that was because there was so many things the author was trying to cover. It was a good book but it wasn't my absolute favorite book ever. It felt like the author was trying to be shocking and add a lot of riskay topics but it got to the point where it was a bit much. I really enjoyed the narration of Gabi. She was hilarious and her words were written in such a genuine journal entry that I could picture her saying it out loud. It was awesome! I loved her narration and would find myself laughing at some things she said simply because of how it was said.
I think this book does a really good job of relating to teens. It brought me back to when I was in High School and realizing that students in my grade were having sex, seemingly similar to Gabi. I was shocked that it was happening everywhere but I was also curious. Not as, I guess you could say, adventurous as Gabi was in that field but I was still curious about it. I couldn't believe it was a thing. It felt almost like Gabi was a sophomore or junior in high school though instead of a senior because of all these things she was discovering. It felt like she had been living under a rock until her senior year, or until Cindy got prego. I think teens want to read about all of these taboo subjects so they would be fascinated by this book. It is all the things they are told not to do, think about, worry about, or know about all in one book and I think teens would absolutely devour it! It is a book that I think all high school students would want to read. The seemingly "naughty" and "innocent" students a like because they would all be curious.
My grade for this book is a B.