Part of Your World by Abby JimenezMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I finished reading this book on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 8:06 p.m.
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I think I first got this book when we went to pick up our Summer Reading Prizes and they had a cart of books that we could choose from. This book was in that cart and I think I chose it. I liked the cover and obviously the book title reminded me of Disney’s, “Aladdin.” This has been in my physical bookshelf for a while now.
“I sat up and gawked at her.
‘What? Seriously. If you left, would you feel worse than you do right now?’ she asked. ‘If you just said “Fuck it” and dipped, would you be as unhappy as you are today?’
I blinked at her. Because the answer was remarkably simple. ‘No.’
‘You don’t have to feel like this. You literally don’t. Quit. Leave. Pick him. Pick yourself.’
I stared at her a long moment. Then I started to breathe hard.
I wasn’t allowed to think about leaving. I couldn’t be the one to make this suggestion, because it was too selfish and too self-serving. It was a forbidden fantasy, too traitorous for me to even entertain. But the second Bri spoke it into the universe, my heart grabbed onto it and ran.
Because what if I did?
What if I quit?
What if just for once I did what I wanted? Instead of thinking about my parents or the legacy or the plethora of people I’d never met who would benefit one day from me staying where I was.
My mind immediately went there and played out quitting in my head, like a movie on fast forward.
I was mentally in my car, driving to Wakan, diving into Daniel’s arms, sobbing into his neck, begging for his forgiveness.
The relief at just thinking this was palpable.
The thought that I could end my misery, stop my suffering, was such an enormous weight off my shoulders, I felt like I wanted to jump off the bed and bolt from the room. I could feel the idea getting so big and alive in just the few moments it was out, it no longer fit into the tiny box of impossible things that I had kept it in.
What if I did…
But I couldn’t. Could I?
How could I live with the guilt? With the shame?” (343-344).
I liked this quote. The thought process was nice to see. I wanted to save this quote.
This was an 🧴 Audiobook That I Listen To While Doing Skincare. It was a nice story. I might want to read the next in the series.
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