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A review by ameserole
Jackpot by Nic Stone
4.0
Wow. Just wow.
Jackpot was recommend to me by Andy. She even stated that audiobook was amazing. So, I took her suggestion and got the audiobook through my library app. I will also say that the Andy was correct because the audiobook was really freaking good. It also broke me and I'm ghost Alaina once again.
In it, you will meet Rico. She is in high school and constantly struggling. Whether it is keeping up with school, work, and making ends meet so her family can keep the roof over their heads or food in their bellies. She isn't alone because her mom is constantly working as well but Rico is the oldest kid and she has to take care of her brother Jax.
I honestly felt so bad for Rico and her struggles. She was just a kid, herself, and it was a lot of pressure for her to take so many shifts to cover money for them. Or even doing grocery shopping and splurging on strawberries.
Things were definitely intense once Jax gets sick - which was quite often throughout the book. Plus her own mother was having some health issues. So, yeah, I felt really bad for her for most of this book. Especially during one chapter where Jax just gets so sick that things really do seem like they are falling apart.
I also didn't like how their Mom would just blame Rico for not paying attention or watching Jax. I get that their she working constantly around the clock too but dang - she should know what going on with her owns kids from time to time too.
In the end, this book was really good and I'm glad that this was recommended to me.
Jackpot was recommend to me by Andy. She even stated that audiobook was amazing. So, I took her suggestion and got the audiobook through my library app. I will also say that the Andy was correct because the audiobook was really freaking good. It also broke me and I'm ghost Alaina once again.
In it, you will meet Rico. She is in high school and constantly struggling. Whether it is keeping up with school, work, and making ends meet so her family can keep the roof over their heads or food in their bellies. She isn't alone because her mom is constantly working as well but Rico is the oldest kid and she has to take care of her brother Jax.
I honestly felt so bad for Rico and her struggles. She was just a kid, herself, and it was a lot of pressure for her to take so many shifts to cover money for them. Or even doing grocery shopping and splurging on strawberries.
Things were definitely intense once Jax gets sick - which was quite often throughout the book. Plus her own mother was having some health issues. So, yeah, I felt really bad for her for most of this book. Especially during one chapter where Jax just gets so sick that things really do seem like they are falling apart.
I also didn't like how their Mom would just blame Rico for not paying attention or watching Jax. I get that their she working constantly around the clock too but dang - she should know what going on with her owns kids from time to time too.
In the end, this book was really good and I'm glad that this was recommended to me.