To Be Frank Diego 1

I haven't read much of To Be Frank Diego as of yet. In fact, I have only gotten to page 38. But in those 380 pages, I have seen more character development than I have in any book I've read for a while. Perhaps it is because this is the only first-person view book that I have read in a while.

In the first chapter (the chapters are very short and only 2 or so pages long), I learned that the main character's name is Francisco, but everyone calls him Frank. He is 33 years old, half-Mexican, and starts his journey in his parents' house. This is the amount of character development that I expected in the first chapter of the book. It is in the next chapters from then on that contain a vast majority of character development.

In chapter two, we meet the family, or rather, hear about them. The mom is the only technologically adept person in the family and thinks food is the answer to all of life's problems (as Frank puts it). The dad drives too fast, is the least technologically adept, points out the obvious frequently, and avoids technological advances (aside from the remote for the TV) since the late 1970's. The dad drives and the mom backseat drives. Kate who Frank still refers to as his girlfriend has been mentioned multiple times thus far followed by a general statement about how Frank still refers to her as his girlfriend (which shows Frank's insecurities?). Chapter two also introduces the setting: Beautiful Sunny San Diego, which is already criticized for its poor public transportation and media that continually avoids important issues and instead fills its papers with things about trees and the newest info on the Chargers.

Many of these chapters contain plenty of character and setting development which makes for a very good story thus far in my opinion. I am really enjoying this book.