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This was saddening and luscious in wording. I loved Donna Cooner's style of writing in Skinny. I really loved the ending but there were some boring kind of lags around the middle.
ever weighs 302 pounds and has a voice named skinny constantly hissing in her head about how disgusting she is. because diet and exercise have failed to lower her weight (although we don't really hear about this part...?) ever undergoes gastric bypass surgery, only to discover that it isn't her weight that's been holding her back, it's the voice in her head...which is actually (as revealed in a VERY dramatic scene where ever has a screaming showdown with her own brain)...HER.
i don't have a strong opinion about this one. it was interesting and i learned a lot about gastric bypass surgery; the pages kept a-turnin. if ever was my daughter, i would probably get her some therapy and grief counseling before going to surgery, but i guess that would have messed up the plot here.
i want sassers to read this so that we can discuss. ok weinstein?
i don't have a strong opinion about this one. it was interesting and i learned a lot about gastric bypass surgery; the pages kept a-turnin. if ever was my daughter, i would probably get her some therapy and grief counseling before going to surgery, but i guess that would have messed up the plot here.
i want sassers to read this so that we can discuss. ok weinstein?
This was a really good, cliche book. When I say really good, I mean really good for a straight forward cliche book where the morbidly obese girl finally discovers who she is, and that she can like herself after loosing all this weight. She doesn't realize that she's in love with another character, and she realizes that "Skinny," the evil little voice in her head that told her she wasn't good enough, was wrong. People did like her and wanted to be her friend before she lost this weight, but "Skinny" didn't let it happen.
I really didn't like Ever. She was sort of a bitch to everyone and was really immature, and while "Skinny" said everything that people thought, I felt that her reactions based on "Skinny" were a little out of line. For example, she went off on her best friend because "Skinny" said something in her head. It was entirely unjustified and unfair.
Everything in this book also worked itself out a little too perfectly. She loses the weight, gets the guy, fixes things with her family, gets the lead in the play despite not having the professional experience everyone else has, even winds up with the Queen B for a best friend. While Ever does have a lot of challenges and hurdles, she seems to face them off the pages of the book so what we see of her character development was limited to her hating herself, deciding to get surgery, and then her recovery from the surgery. It all seemed so superficial and like her growth was just a decision and not something she really went through.
I didn't like ever, but I did love Briella and Rat because they were good people and good characters, and more dimensional than Ever was. I feel badly for Donna Cooner, the author, whose life experience inspired Skinny, but this book just didn't speak to me. I was okay in the end.
I really didn't like Ever. She was sort of a bitch to everyone and was really immature, and while "Skinny" said everything that people thought, I felt that her reactions based on "Skinny" were a little out of line. For example, she went off on her best friend because "Skinny" said something in her head. It was entirely unjustified and unfair.
Everything in this book also worked itself out a little too perfectly. She loses the weight, gets the guy, fixes things with her family, gets the lead in the play despite not having the professional experience everyone else has, even winds up with the Queen B for a best friend. While Ever does have a lot of challenges and hurdles, she seems to face them off the pages of the book so what we see of her character development was limited to her hating herself, deciding to get surgery, and then her recovery from the surgery. It all seemed so superficial and like her growth was just a decision and not something she really went through.
I didn't like ever, but I did love Briella and Rat because they were good people and good characters, and more dimensional than Ever was. I feel badly for Donna Cooner, the author, whose life experience inspired Skinny, but this book just didn't speak to me. I was okay in the end.
Skinny is the voice inside all of our heads. She's the voice we can chose to ignore when we feel strong, and the voice that needles us when we are weak and vulnerable. The novel Skinny is ultimately about what we choose to believe about ourselves and how that voice can act as a barrier between us and those we love. Ever Davies is a 15 year old teen whose weight problems have enveloped her in a cocoon of bitterness and self depreciation. Blinded by this self hatred she damages several potential relationships. Gastric Bypass surgery gives her the courage to finally be comfortable in her own skin. This is an excellent read for teens dealing with body image and self esteem issues.
I really love books that can give me an insight to things I have not had personal experience with.
This book I think we can all relate to in the sense that we are our own worse judge. Meaning we often listen to our "doubting selves" and fall into a negative self image that we project out as everyone else's opinion. There are so many lessons to be learned in this book.
This was very well written and an amazing story. I look forward to more from this author, [a:Donna Cooner|686174|Donna Cooner|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1316467522p2/686174.jpg].
This book I think we can all relate to in the sense that we are our own worse judge. Meaning we often listen to our "doubting selves" and fall into a negative self image that we project out as everyone else's opinion. There are so many lessons to be learned in this book.
This was very well written and an amazing story. I look forward to more from this author, [a:Donna Cooner|686174|Donna Cooner|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1316467522p2/686174.jpg].
Message was great and highly relatable to anyone who struggles with weight.
Book #8 Read in 2015
Skinny by Donna Cooner (YA)
This is a realistic fiction book in the young adult field. Ever is an overweight teenager. She decides to have gastric bypass surgery. The author had it as well so this story is so realistic and informational that it made it even more powerful. While the surgery helps Ever lose weight, it does not immediately change how Ever views herself. She thinks of herself as the fat girl that no one likes. As the book unfolds, she realizes that sometime it wasn't others but her choice to not be friends with people; she exuded an anger that she didn't even realized showed to others.
This was a good, quick read. I think high school girls would enjoy it. I borrowed this book from the town library.
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Skinny by Donna Cooner (YA)
This is a realistic fiction book in the young adult field. Ever is an overweight teenager. She decides to have gastric bypass surgery. The author had it as well so this story is so realistic and informational that it made it even more powerful. While the surgery helps Ever lose weight, it does not immediately change how Ever views herself. She thinks of herself as the fat girl that no one likes. As the book unfolds, she realizes that sometime it wasn't others but her choice to not be friends with people; she exuded an anger that she didn't even realized showed to others.
This was a good, quick read. I think high school girls would enjoy it. I borrowed this book from the town library.
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(Note: I am not a teenager, so please consider this review accordingly.)
This wasn't the worst book I've ever read, but it was far too fat-shamey/victim-blamey in my opinion. I know it was written by someone who went through similar circumstances and had gastric bypass surgery herself, but victims are often the worst about blaming themselves. Aren't they?
This wasn't the worst book I've ever read, but it was far too fat-shamey/victim-blamey in my opinion. I know it was written by someone who went through similar circumstances and had gastric bypass surgery herself, but victims are often the worst about blaming themselves. Aren't they?
This is a touching book about overcoming much more than weight. We all have that ugly voice in our heads that tells us we're not good enough, smart enough, skinny enough. Ever comes to understand her critical voice, and that, while it is always a part of her, she can learn to overcome it and live her life to the fullest. This is an excellent book for both teens and adults, regardless of their weight!
I really enjoyed this, its a topic im never really going to understand completely as I have never suffered weight issues but I thought it was told incredibly well.