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sammah's review against another edition
3.0
The premise of this book was an interesting one for me. Albinism does exist, but we don't ever see it talked about often. Especially not in young adult novels, so that was definitely want drew me in. I just couldn't decide while reading it if I really liked the book itself or not. The mc could be hard to relate to at times, but even beyond that it sometimes felt like things were piecing together almost to neatly.
Middle school and high school can be hell on wheels for a kid, especially one who is seen as being different for whatever the reason might be. The odds of all those people choosing her to open up to just because of her differences felt...a little far fetched at times I guess. Though it was nice to see a somewhat happy ending for her.
I still clearly don't know how I feel entirely. I'll think about it more and return if I have any further thoughts about it.
Middle school and high school can be hell on wheels for a kid, especially one who is seen as being different for whatever the reason might be. The odds of all those people choosing her to open up to just because of her differences felt...a little far fetched at times I guess. Though it was nice to see a somewhat happy ending for her.
I still clearly don't know how I feel entirely. I'll think about it more and return if I have any further thoughts about it.
cupofbooksreviews's review
3.0
I received this book in exchange for an honest review. I have given Invisible Me by Debbi Mack three out of five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Despite this story being for a much younger audience, I really enjoyed reading this book. It had a nice flow throughout the story which made it easy to follow but there were some parts which I thought were overlooked and had happened all too quickly. However, thinking about it from a pre-teen/teenager’s point of view, things could’ve definitely happened in that timeframe and manner.
I definitely think that the characters as a whole were underdeveloped, I didn’t form a great connection with any of them and would’ve liked to have learnt more about their backgrounds, especially Portia who is our main character. Portia hasn’t made friends with a lot of people; firstly because a lot of people seem to be taken aback by her albino pigmentation and secondly as she moves schools and areas a lot due to her fathers work. I really like the friendship between Portia and Judy, it would’ve been really nice to see that blossom into a great friendship.
I really enjoyed the authors writing and will definitely look out for more books written by her in the future. I would recommend this book for pre-teens/teenagers (there is a little use of curse words in this book).
Despite this story being for a much younger audience, I really enjoyed reading this book. It had a nice flow throughout the story which made it easy to follow but there were some parts which I thought were overlooked and had happened all too quickly. However, thinking about it from a pre-teen/teenager’s point of view, things could’ve definitely happened in that timeframe and manner.
I definitely think that the characters as a whole were underdeveloped, I didn’t form a great connection with any of them and would’ve liked to have learnt more about their backgrounds, especially Portia who is our main character. Portia hasn’t made friends with a lot of people; firstly because a lot of people seem to be taken aback by her albino pigmentation and secondly as she moves schools and areas a lot due to her fathers work. I really like the friendship between Portia and Judy, it would’ve been really nice to see that blossom into a great friendship.
I really enjoyed the authors writing and will definitely look out for more books written by her in the future. I would recommend this book for pre-teens/teenagers (there is a little use of curse words in this book).
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