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A review by sammah
Maggie: Diary #2 by Ann M. Martin, Jeanne Betancourt
4.0
I never read this one as a kid, and I'm not sure why I didn't? I guess I was sort of phasing out of this reading age by then and moving on to other things. In the first book featuring Maggie it did hint at her weight loss issues and a possible eating disorder. I did read the second Amalia book, where this is talked about a LOT, so it wasn't a surprise. Still it did make it rather hard to read. Ouch.
This book delved a lot more into her family life, and how dysfunctional it truly was. Her mother has a hardcore drinking problem, and is shirking her responsibilities off on 13 year old Maggie. Her father, who isn't parent of the year either and piles too much onto this kids shoulders, is the only one in the house who seems to notice or care that she's not eating right. Well, besides the maid, Pilar. That's pretty sad.
It was nice to see her relationship with her little brother Zeke though! It was a bright spot in this pretty sad story. I need to read the third journal of Maggie's now, to find out if she started to get well or not.
This book delved a lot more into her family life, and how dysfunctional it truly was. Her mother has a hardcore drinking problem, and is shirking her responsibilities off on 13 year old Maggie. Her father, who isn't parent of the year either and piles too much onto this kids shoulders, is the only one in the house who seems to notice or care that she's not eating right. Well, besides the maid, Pilar. That's pretty sad.
It was nice to see her relationship with her little brother Zeke though! It was a bright spot in this pretty sad story. I need to read the third journal of Maggie's now, to find out if she started to get well or not.