The Education of Margot Sanchez
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John Hughes’s Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and “emotional story about class, race, hard work, and finding one’s place” (Publishers Weekly)—from author Lilliam Rivera. Things/People Margot Hates: Mami, for destroying her social life Papi, for allowing Junior to become a Neanderthal Junior, for becoming a Neanderthal The supermarket Everyone else After “borrowing” her father’s credit card to finance a more stylish wardrobe, Margot Sanchez suddenly finds herself grounded. And by grounded, she means working as an indentured servant in her family’s struggling grocery store to pay off her debts. With each order of deli meat she slices, Margot can feel her carefully cultivated prep school reputation slipping through her fingers, and she’s willing to do anything to get out of this punishment. Lie, cheat, and maybe even steal… Margot’s invitation to the ultimate beach party is within reach and she has no intention of letting her family’s drama or Moises—the admittedly good looking but outspoken boy from the neighborhood—keep her from her goal.
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I wanted to like this book. I read the description when I picked it up from BookOutlet and it sounded promising. But it was poorly executed and it definitely reads like a debut novel. Margot isn't a likeable character. I mean, maybe neither was I at 15, but I would like to think that I didn't make EVERY bad choice possible and wasn't that judgemental and narcissistic. She doesn't have really any redeemable qualities. In addition to that, there's no real character development for Margot. It's kind of a sudden jump at the end rather than actual development. Every other character in the book is one dimensional. There's no chemistry. It's just all around FRUSTRATING. Everything is shallow, it was hard to read. Also, there is no need for that much conflict. There was so much going on it was hard to keep up and there was no real plot.
