I can understand why this book is being likened to Normal People and Conversations with Friends, however I didn't enjoy it.
Pizza Girl (unnamed until the very last chapter) is a pregnant, 18 year old Korean / American who works as a Pizza Girl. She becomes obsessed with a customer called Jenny and the entire story centres around this obsession. 
It is a book that never really goes anywhere. Just when you think something exciting is going to happen, it turns out to be nothing.
All of the questions I had whilst reading this book (is Pizza Girl bi-polar, is she an alcoholic, is she bi / lesbian, is she grieving...?) remained unanswered which I found frustrating. I also found the main character very self-obsessed.
If you enjoyed Sally Rooney's novels, give this is a go but if those weren't for you, I would give this one a miss.

Pizza Girl is about a teenager who finds out she is pregnant and delivers pizzas for a living. Whilst that may not seem like the like the most complex basis for a novel, the spirit of this book is unique. The main character has a complex family life, her father’s shadow hangs over most things she does, and her mother and boyfriend are almost too present in her life. Delivering pizza she meets a wide range of people that we the reader only get snapshots of. The main exception to this is Jenny, a woman she strikes up a strange, almost codependent, friendship with. This book deals with grief and anger in a bold way, it certainly does not back down from showing us difficult sights and conversations, which is what makes it such a brilliant and emotionally arresting novel.

This is a short book and so is an easy read. I however couldn’t get on board with the main character and found her actions to be extremely reckless.

I understand the back story and issue, which I feel is a topic that needs to be tackled, I just didn’t feel it was executed well in this book.

Pizza Girl tells the story of 18 year old Jane who is pregnant and working as a pizza delivery girl in Los Angeles. Living at home with her Mum and boyfriend and having recently lost her alcoholic father, Jane has little motivation or interest in anything other than the bottom of a beer can. One day, when dropping off a delivery, our pizza girl meets Jenny Hauser; a 40 something stay at home Mum with so much energy and exuberance that Jane can't help but be captivated by her. As the story continues we see the womens lives intertwine and as Jane becomes more and more fixated by Jenny, her fragile world begins to unravel....
I really enjoyed this book, it was short (208 pages) and written in a relaxed style that made it easy to read. I do feel that the short length of the story meant that the characters were all quite one dimensional and the plot not as substantial as I had hoped when I first read the blurb. Overall I would recommend it to people looking for an interesting quick read.
Thanks to HQ, Netgalley and Jean Kyoung Frazier for the ARC.

This was a good quick easy read.  It didn't blow me away however I did enjoy it. Set in America, She works in a pizza delivery/takeaway shop whilst at school.  When she leaves, she knows she has something to tide her over. Then the dreaded blue lines show up on her pregnancy test. Her boyfriend was going to University and now that's gone on hold.  Her father was an alcoholic and had not been a wonderful father. She did love him and was grieving after his death. She felt sorry for her mum and they lived in her house.  A phone call for a delivery pizza changes her. When she calls at the house the woman calls her ‘Pizza Girl.’ She becomes distracted with her mum and boyfriend.  Starts drinking a lot. The plot is fairly good as I never guessed what was going to happen.  This is quite emotional in some places yet funny in other parts The characters were well thought out. I can imagine a lot of people being in her shoes and wonder how they would react. Her mum is the salt of the earth and loves her. Her boyfriend seems to love her however I am not hundred percent sure.  Find out what happened to Jane after meeting the woman who called her 'Pizza Girl.' Did she have the baby and stay with the boyfriend?  I recommend this book and suggest that you read it to find out the answers.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.

This was an interesting read. While short, there was a lot packed in. It explored mental health, teen pregnancy, relationships, family, growing up and finding your place in the world in a very sensitive way. It was also a great narrative about second generation immigrant children and the pressures and issues that stem from this. The protagonist was complex, not exactly likeable but very sympathetic. This is a great book for anyone who wants to challenge their assumptions about the world and feel like it's okay not to be okay.

This was beyond disappointing I am sad to say. Very messy writing, and the book was nothing like the premise, with absolutely zero comparison to Normal People, and moreover the Idiot. I expected funny and quirky, and it was just very sad and dissatisfying.

Written in the first person, this dark but touching novel grabbed my attention from the first. It was the author's well paced and thought provoking intro that convinced me this was a novel I would enjoy. It's one of those stories in which the plot isn't complex or in your face, but the characters in this novel are so well written and so full of depth you are seeing a much bigger picture and understanding their motives so completely.
You will have very strong opinions about each of the characters and, even if you don't like one of them, you will not be able to stop yourself caring about what happens to them.
I believe this is a first novel by this writer and I'm looking forward to reading more from her. I highly recommend this book of you want an honest, heartfelt and well written read.

Just not for me I’m afraid. To me, the characters lacked motivation. I wish you all the best and hope other readers love it.

*** ARC provided by Netgalley via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. ***

I really enjoyed this book, it’s a quick read with just over 200 pages and very much character driven. If you want action, this is probably not going to be your type of thing. However, it’s a beautiful character study focused on Pizza Girl and her reaction to being 18, just out of high school, pregnant, working as a pizza delivery girl with an overbearing mom & boyfriend and a dead, alcoholic father. 

That’s a lot for anyone to take and Pizza Girl latches on booze and to a customer she meets and starts an unlikely friendship with which turns to obsession. This situation escalates quickly to a dangerous place and certainly kept my interest in how things would resolve.

I would definitely recommend this book to others particularly for those who can identify with a teenage crush that has gotten out of hand. I’m sure most people can remember how intense that feels and can to start to relate. 3 stars.

I think this title is an acquired taste. A little like Fleabag or Spike Milligan - esoteric. The two characters one in her forties and troubled about her son who will only eat pizza with pickles included and the pregnant eighteen year old pIzzy delivery girl..
Both characters have problems but the Pizza Girl has peaks and troughs with her depression and drinking in her deceased dads shed. Confused? I was initially but then as I progressed through the book I actually realised I was sympathetic towards them. It’s an interesting read.

Interesting and quirky and... weird.
This felt quite honest, but almost like a topic that people don’t really talk about / acknowledge - not so much a ‘coming of age’ but a meandering into adulthood without the clarity that media often leads you to expect.

Pizza Girl follows our eponymous heroine who is 18, pregnant, and delivers pizzas. She encounters Jenny Hauser when she delivers a pizza for her son, and the two form an unlikely friendship dynamic. 

This is such an interesting story, it's pretty short (just over 200 pages), and it's very character-driven. There isn't too much of a plot and what little of it there is, is somewhat disjointed, so you sort of feel like you're drifting through the story with very little knowledge of the time that has passed.

What made me enjoy this book so much is the way it examines the way Pizza Girl feels at this stage of her life. She's just out of school, pregnant, and unsure of what she wants to do with her life. Through the start of her friendship with Jenny, she has something to cling on to, and while most of the story is focused on the relationship between the two of them. By examining this relationship we learn so much more about the dynamics between Pizza Girl and her mother, or between her and her boyfriend Billy. Pizza Girl is clearly unhappy with her life and clings onto Jenny as something that might make everything perfect, meanwhile you get glimpses into her home life and wonder how everything could possibly have worked out like this.

This book just felt really raw, I never knew quite what I wanted for Pizza Girl. I was rooting for her but she wasn't necessarily likeable, and even the ending was a little bittersweet. Things seem like they might be working out for the better but that's really left up to you as the reader to decide.

Overall I wouldn't recommend it if you need a plot-driven story, but this really worked for me. I feel like I'm going to be thinking about this one for a while.

There is a bit of hype around this book, which always spoils it somewhat. My expectations were probably too high for something this low-key.

Considering how little happens in this story, it's beautifully written. Inspiring love story it is not. Instead, it perfectly captures the abrupt mood change of teenagers from aimless to obsessive.

Jane is eighteen and pregnant, living with her mother and lovely boyfriend, and is a mess. She doesn’t know what she wants, is snappy and inconsiderate to those who care about her, and is apathetic about her life and where it is going, She is working as a pizza delivery girl, and in this role helps out older mum Jenny,  who herself seems to be struggling with domestic life and losing her sense of self. This strikes a chord with Jane, who develops a crush on Jenny and tries to become part of her life. This description does not really do justice to the book, which is smart, funny and rather intriguing. Jane’s sense of confusion about her future and apathy about her situation is really captured, and the contrast between this lost teenager and the equally aimless and discontented wife and mother she is drawn to highlights how the perfect life is something we strive towards but never really master. A really enjoyable read.

Really wasn't sure where this book was going, and having read it, I am still not sure. I was entertained by it, and finished it in a day, but didn't feel any emotions whilst reading it. I could not identify with the main character or her family.

Quite frothy but fun and really enjoyable on holiday. Made me laugh throughout. I don't always enjoy books like this but there was something light and joyful in the way it was written and it really spoke to me.

'Pizza Girl' tells the story of Jane, a pregnant eighteen-year-old pizza delivery girl, who appears to be completely lost in life. Irritated by her loving mum and boyfriend, her days only seem to come to life after meeting Jenny, a middle aged woman who becomes a new, regular customer. The book explores Jane's new obsession as she navigates through the current period of her life.

It was a strange, yet charming story with a messy, yet likeable main character. I felt like the book was enjoyable but slightly too short; I know that it's meant to be a snapshot of her life,but it could have done with a bit more padding.

An odd but endearing coming of age story of sorts. 

Pizza Girl focuses on the life of an unnamed pregnant 18 year old working as a Pizza delivery driver who becomes obsessed with one of her customers. She struggles with feeling deserving of the constant love of her mother and doting boyfriend and grieving her father.

I think on the surface Pizza Girl might seem like a easy short read but there are a lot of important themes and messages throughout. I loved the way motherhood was shown and the expectations that come with being a mother. I definitely got Juno vibes from this book and I enjoyed that movie.

‪I really enjoyed the darkly funny Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier, which focuses on a pregnant, borderline alcoholic 18 year old pizza delivery girl and her all-consuming obsession with a middle-aged female customer. I found Jane to be a very original character and her attraction to Jenny was compelling.

I didn’t think the Fleabag/ Sally Rooney comparisons were very accurate, I’d say Pizza Girl is more reminiscent of Halle Butler or Miranda July‬. Overall though, a quick and original read.