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A review by library_brandy
I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos
4.0
Joey's back in a fourth installment! He's still struggling with severe ADD, only this time it's made much, much worse by his father's return and a general upheaval of everything in Joey's life. His father comes back following a lottery win, and wants the whole family to leave their old lives behind--to the extent of renaming themselves, opening a diner, and winning a second lottery. Joey tries to keep it together, and he's really struggling--but it's really difficult when your parents are as f'ed up as Joey's.
Gantos is still in form here--the long, quick sentences really capture Joey's struggles, and when Joey complains that his "insides are buzzing like bees" the reader really has a sense of what he means. It's been a long time since I've read the other Joey Pigza books, but from what I remember, Joey's voice hasn't changed at all.
Gantos is still in form here--the long, quick sentences really capture Joey's struggles, and when Joey complains that his "insides are buzzing like bees" the reader really has a sense of what he means. It's been a long time since I've read the other Joey Pigza books, but from what I remember, Joey's voice hasn't changed at all.