Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

You get to see a lot of things when being a pizza girl. You see some of the best and the worst parts of the human race in all in one shift. In the case of Pizza Girl, it seems like everyone's life is perfect except for her own. This is where Jenny Hauser comes into the picture, the customer who becomes more of an unhealthy obsession which occupies most of her thoughts.

This book can be described as being more of a creative piece, which is almost like a chameleon in the sense of the ever-changing thoughts of the main character and what society can perceive of us. If you like a story which is happy and jolly, this is not for you. There were times when the main character was simply cringe-worthy. The best way to describe it is when you watch a film and a character makes a bad decision and all that happens is an awkward silence from all the other characters in the room. However, its that moment that even though it is so bad to watch, you still have the feeling that you have to watch it, even though you are gritting your teeth the whole way through.

Would I say that Pizza Girl is a good character? Probably not. Then again we are so used to having character development in a good light that we tend to forget that not all character development can be seen to be good. In 'Pizza Girl' we find the main character making many decisions which can be seen as being a no no. This can show some of the mental health aspects that there are to being in a situation that the main character is in. Not everyone can handle it. But it just made me feel like I wanted to shake her and tell her to wake up and smell the coffee. How can anyone be truly that bad at life? One minute she decides to do something good and the next she forgets and does the bad thing instead.

I'm not quite sure what the big deal is about this book. Maybe because it is more abstract that the usual book? Or it highlights many issues that some people deal with in life? That we are all on the hamster wheel and we just don't know how to get off? That really we are all just a number and not an individual? Well, whatever the true meaning of this book is, I really hope that there is someone out there who is able to understand it better than I do. Until then, I have given it a two star.

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