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ameserole's review
4.0
Things Not Seen was kind of interesting to read.
One day Bobby, a 15 year old boy, buys an electric blanket and wakes up the next day invisible. Of course things get pretty complicated for his family and his life. His dad, who is physicist, is trying to figure out what exactly happened to him and maybe try to bring him back in a way. Then the whole school situation is a no-no because he can't go. He's freaking invisible. So, now everyone thinks he's some missing kid.
A bunch of crazy things happen in this book and I really enjoyed it. I also really enjoyed meeting Alicia.. well, Bobby meeting Alicia. She's blind so it doesn't really matter if he's invisible in a way. She can't see him.. but she also can't touch him either. However, the thing that was just so weird to me was that Bobby was basically naked the entire time he was invisible. Which I get that he probably wouldn't want to wear clothes because he's invisible.. but he's just hanging around with Alice naked. She's his crush and I just couldn't wrap my head around that really weird situation for the longest time. Kind of made me cringe but there's nothing I can do about that.
Bobby's life was a complete mess when he became invisible on accident. Everyone starts to wonder what happened to him or where he actually is. It was an interesting story but it was also so freaking weird for me to read.
In the end, I ended up loving Bobby and Alicia's relationship throughout the book. Some things kind of weirded me out in the book but I did enjoy the overall outcome of it all.
One day Bobby, a 15 year old boy, buys an electric blanket and wakes up the next day invisible. Of course things get pretty complicated for his family and his life. His dad, who is physicist, is trying to figure out what exactly happened to him and maybe try to bring him back in a way. Then the whole school situation is a no-no because he can't go. He's freaking invisible. So, now everyone thinks he's some missing kid.
A bunch of crazy things happen in this book and I really enjoyed it. I also really enjoyed meeting Alicia.. well, Bobby meeting Alicia. She's blind so it doesn't really matter if he's invisible in a way. She can't see him.. but she also can't touch him either. However, the thing that was just so weird to me was that Bobby was basically naked the entire time he was invisible. Which I get that he probably wouldn't want to wear clothes because he's invisible.. but he's just hanging around with Alice naked. She's his crush and I just couldn't wrap my head around that really weird situation for the longest time. Kind of made me cringe but there's nothing I can do about that.
Bobby's life was a complete mess when he became invisible on accident. Everyone starts to wonder what happened to him or where he actually is. It was an interesting story but it was also so freaking weird for me to read.
In the end, I ended up loving Bobby and Alicia's relationship throughout the book. Some things kind of weirded me out in the book but I did enjoy the overall outcome of it all.
tiffanywang29's review against another edition
4.0
It always stinks when it's a reading group book....
samanthabooks19's review against another edition
1.0
1.5*
I had so many problems with this book. First, the grammatical errors. Like, was there no editor? Very annoying. "What are you gonna to do?" That is not written right at all.
The ending was, in my opinion, not very good and left me feeling like it was a waste. The reason for everything that happened was the dumbest thing and the events in the book could have been developed so much better.
I had a constant feeling of things being too easy, and solutions were just suddenly given to the characters. There was no sense of struggle for the characters. Parts that were meant to be emotional just made me feel confused and disturbed.
I had no attachment to any of the characters. They could have all died and I wouldn't have felt a thing.
If someone enjoys this book then I'm glad, but it just wasn't for me.
I had so many problems with this book. First, the grammatical errors. Like, was there no editor? Very annoying. "What are you gonna to do?" That is not written right at all.
The ending was, in my opinion, not very good and left me feeling like it was a waste. The reason for everything that happened was the dumbest thing and the events in the book could have been developed so much better.
I had a constant feeling of things being too easy, and solutions were just suddenly given to the characters. There was no sense of struggle for the characters. Parts that were meant to be emotional just made me feel confused and disturbed.
I had no attachment to any of the characters. They could have all died and I wouldn't have felt a thing.
If someone enjoys this book then I'm glad, but it just wasn't for me.
jwinchell's review
3.0
I read this with the lens of teachability and research-ability for 6th grade LA classes. I liked the science content and the varied directions supporting texts could take to engage students' interests. I didn't find the characters very compelling or memorable.
centauribound's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
ravenblackbird98's review
3.0
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hbowman3516's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
reflective
5.0
I 1st read this book when I was in elementary school. I am in my 30s now and still often think about how much I loved it.
meghan111's review
3.0
I started reading this when our power went out one night. I got this book out of a dumpster, taking it based on the fact that I like the covers for Andrew Clements' other kids books, and I've always liked the concept of Frindle although I've never read that one.