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The Opposite of Invisible

By Liz Gallagher

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| Hardcover | 9780375841521

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Book Description

Alice and Jewel have been best friends since grade school. Together, they don’t need anyone else, and together they blend into the background of high school. Invisible. To Alice, Jewel is the opposite of invisible. Jewel is her best friend who goes to Indie concerts and art shows with her. JewContinue

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If I were forced to describe this book in just one word, that would be BORING. Absolutely, incredibly boring. It’s so short that you would think it’s impossible to get bored in such a short amount of pages, but, hey, it’s never too late for that. You may say that it’s my fault, that I knew what this ... (continue)

If I were forced to describe this book in just one word, that would be BORING. Absolutely, incredibly boring. It’s so short that you would think it’s impossible to get bored in such a short amount of pages, but, hey, it’s never too late for that. You may say that it’s my fault, that I knew what this was about, that it is supposed to be a predictable book, but I disagree. A lot of 100% predictable YA books are definitely not boring. As opposed to this book.
As weird as it may sound, everything happens way too fast and way too slow. Slow, because it is boring. (Oh. Have I already said that? Well, I’m not joking, it IS boring. Is it clear enough?). Fast, because the chronological time in the book is just too short, and fifteen-year-old Alice is all so worried about her virginity, and thinking about taking her relationship with Simon to the next level (oh! Sex!) when they have been going out for about... one week. Yup.
The characters are totally decaffeinated: Alice, Simon, Vanessa, Mandy, Jewel (actually, Jewel is the best character, though he only has some dialogue lines in the beginning and the end, so I’m not sure if that counts)... They all feel like pod people, all the time, and I couldn’t even make myself care about them, or their intentions.
So... I just wouldn’t recommend this book. To anyone. Period.

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