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Hardcore to the bone! This one had me rolling on the floor, crying. I have never considered before how behavior of one sibling can impact another sibling, particularly if it is a brother and sister. This book made me learn - much. Thanks!


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Skin Adrienne Maria Vrettos Books Reviews

I have just recently finished reading this book. It is one of the better books that I have read to date. If you like fiction, more specifically tragedy stories that have a good end, you will love this book. This book starts off really nice and the climax is the tragedy of the story. When I say there is a tragedy there is one and its really sad. This book will suck you in and you will not be able to put the thing down. Even if yo do not like to read this book can suck you in. I love how this book is written. I believe the author of the book knows how to pull some one in, young adults especially. I give this book a 4.9 out of 5 for the fact that it ends in "This the Book of Donnie. And this is Chapter One." [Skin, Vrettos, Adrienne Maria Page 227] It leaves you wondering if the author will write more.
“You don’t have to be skinny to feel small.” The plot of novel Skin, written by Adrienne Maria Vrettos, surrounds the previous quote. “Skin” is a touching story of a 14 year old boy with multiple family problems, trying to solve them all at once. Donnie, an upcoming freshman, is a self proclaimed outcast in school, who has parents that rarely acknowledge him. Donnie soon realizes that high school would be the least of his worries. Donnie’s parents struggle through a divorce while his sister Karen battles with an eating disorder when she feels invisible. While Donnie is trying to save his parent’s relationship, he also becomes invisible at home so that his parents can help out his sister instead of him. From the very first page,Vrettos captures the reader's attention by starting off with a prologue that describes an intense scene that happens later in the novel. The writing style of Vrettos allows the story to be told through Donnie, showing how he deals with seeing his family and sister struggle, making the novel have a more powerful meaning since most books show the view of the victim. The plots pulls the reader into the book, and leaves them wanting more. When a tragic event occurs, lessons about self-worth are learned, and Donnie realizes how important he is to his family instead of just being invisible, and finally stands up for himself. Vrettos designed the novel to show how Karen’s eating disorder and parents divorce affected Donnie, which intensified the modern day issues that were being shown in the book. The plot moved slowly but was detailed in a way that brought the reader into the scene on every page. Donnie tells the reader the difficult and painful truth about the affects that his sister's eating disorder and parents divorce had on not only himself, but also the family as a whole, pulling the reader into the story. People of all ages could enjoy a story like this, since anybody can relate to the cultural issues that are addressed throughout the novel. Anyone who has ever felt like they were not good enough could easily connect with the characters, never wanting to put the book down. “Skin” is a novel that teaches the reader a lesson in everyday life; Nobody should have to feel alone in the world, and you never know what you have until it’s gone.
Fourteen year-old Donnie is fairly invisible. He and his sister Karen escape during their parents' blow-out screaming matches. When Karen is with her best friend Amanda, Donnie becomes invisible to them.

Donnie had two best friends last year. Chris and Bean are "best friends with each other, and I'm best friends with the two of them at the same time. Not individually, though, because they already have each other." This year, however, Chris and Bean decided to move up in the pecking order, which necessitates having someone like Donnie below them to cement their status.

Skin is an unflinchingly honest look at family dynamics and formative friendships. Dad never had a father of his own, so parenting is shaky territory. Mom is desperately concerned with saving her marriage and getting her teen daughter to eat. Karen creates a web of lies about her health, always full of excuses about how she just ate at Amanda's or doesn't feel up to having food right now. Karen's weight is ready fodder for arguments between Mom and Dad.

All od these tensions render Donnie, our narrator, to the the background at home, at school, and in life. Skin is a story of survival. How much can one teen absorb before he stands up to shake the world up?
I was definitely excited about Skin once I saw that it was a Simon Pulse book--I don't think I've ever disliked one of those. I didn't quite dislike it, but I'm not entirely sure if I liked it either. It was real and raw, that's for certain, but something just seemed off. The main character is an interesting and complex one, but I wish his sister had been the focus. I would have really liked to have seen alternating POVs, because I think both of them had stories to tell, and just focusing on his story and not hers as much, it was all skewed. We never find out much about Karen, because well, Donnie doesn't know much about Karen either. It is a unique perspective, yes, but it also leads to many moments of downtime where not much happens. Donnie's perspective really doesn't hit home until the very end, which, you know, with alternating POVs, would have been entirely do-able. That said, I do like that it's a brother/sister YA book as opposed to your typical teen romance (not that I have anything against those). Skin leaves the reader with much to think about long after the book is done, and it's a bittersweet end when you realize that it had to happen for Donnie to find his place.

Rating 3/5
The clear plot, credible characters, and realistic dialogue in Skin truly allow the reader to enter Donnie's world. His coping mechanisms seem true-to-life for a middle school boy dealing with helplessness and isolation at home and school. The more minor characters are flawed, yet also likeable. The reader is left pondering how each character copes with and contributes to Karen's anorexia.
Hardcore to the bone! This one had me rolling on the floor, crying. I have never considered before how behavior of one sibling can impact another sibling, particularly if it is a brother and sister. This book made me learn - much. Thanks!