5/10/2023 0 Comments Starfish book akemi![]() When she fails to get in, her hopes of escaping her suffocating mother and her disgusting uncle disintegrate. Her one beacon of light is Prism, an art school in New York that she is anticipating acceptance to. Oh yeah, and she’s half-Japanese living in Nebraska, her father is pretty much absent and she is still pining over a boy who moved away 8 years ago (yup, EIGHT). The pervert uncle is mentioned in the summary). Kiko has not had an easy life: She has a mother who is manipulative and verbally abusive, she suffers from severe social anxiety, and she was sexually abused by her uncle as a child (not a spoiler, even though they build it up like one. ![]() ![]() So let me get this off my chest: I spent half of the book being angry for Kiko and I spent half of the book being angry at Kiko. They will always find a way to make themselves the center of attention, because it’s the only way they know how to live.” “…you can’t spend your life trying to make a starfish happy, because no matter what you do, it will never be enough. ![]()
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