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A review by trieb
Beige by Cecil Castellucci
3.0
I didn't particularly like this book, but I recommended to at least two students who I believe will absolutely love it.
Beige/Katy doesn't know her father (punk musician The Rat) very well, but she does know that she doesn't want to live with him for two and a half weeks while her mother is working on an archeological dig. However, Katy is too nice and polite to complain.
Lake Suck (an aspiring musician who is bribed to be friends with Katy) and The Rat are far more interesting characters than Beige herself, but still somewhat unlikeable. In the end, I liked the way Beige developed, but I would have liked a little more interesting and funky Beige and a little less blah/bland/beige Beige.
This is a good book for a teen -- or mature pre-teen, but somewhat boring to an adult (even one who likes YA).
Beige/Katy doesn't know her father (punk musician The Rat) very well, but she does know that she doesn't want to live with him for two and a half weeks while her mother is working on an archeological dig. However, Katy is too nice and polite to complain.
Lake Suck (an aspiring musician who is bribed to be friends with Katy) and The Rat are far more interesting characters than Beige herself, but still somewhat unlikeable. In the end, I liked the way Beige developed, but I would have liked a little more interesting and funky Beige and a little less blah/bland/beige Beige.
This is a good book for a teen -- or mature pre-teen, but somewhat boring to an adult (even one who likes YA).