I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

This book went places I didn't expect, but I loved. From the blurb, it sounds like it's going to be about Julia investigating/tracking down Olga's secrets, and while that is definitely a part of the story here, it's also so much more than that. It's about family, secrets, coming of age, depression and family trauma, immigration and being a first-generation child, and loving people who you have a hard time connecting with. That's a lot, but it never felt heavy-handed, preachy, or exploitative. Julia is a difficult and sometimes frustrating narrator, but I found myself cheering for her and wanting the best for her. This book goes to some dark places but does so in the service of a compelling and hopeful story, and it's never just bleak for bleakness's sake. Definitely worth your time.