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A review by amna_rahim
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
4.0
4.5 stars
FINISHED THIS AT 12:18 AM YESTERDAY BY THE LIGHT OF MY PINK FLASHLIGHT!!
I was gifted this book by my English teacher, and I immediately judged it as a basic middle grade fantasy. I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. It was actually kind of depressing. I did not expect that! The story was so touching, especially told in the voice of sweet 10 year old Pip. The writing was gorgeous. It just added to the beautiful heartbreaking sadness of the whole thing. It's like a more depressing, magical realism, beautiful writing twist on [b:Little Darlings|7821925|Little Darlings|Jacqueline Wilson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320398257l/7821925._SX50_.jpg|10862248] by Jacqueline Wilson. I'm not usually a fan of magical realism, I find it a bit wishy washy and vague and weird. But in this book, it just clicked. It's also written by an Australian author and based off a real Australian town. I will definitely recommend this to people forever. It's so good!!
Also, Little Fella is so cute and just reminded me of the dragon from How to Train a Dragon.
FINISHED THIS AT 12:18 AM YESTERDAY BY THE LIGHT OF MY PINK FLASHLIGHT!!
I was gifted this book by my English teacher, and I immediately judged it as a basic middle grade fantasy. I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. It was actually kind of depressing. I did not expect that! The story was so touching, especially told in the voice of sweet 10 year old Pip. The writing was gorgeous. It just added to the beautiful heartbreaking sadness of the whole thing. It's like a more depressing, magical realism, beautiful writing twist on [b:Little Darlings|7821925|Little Darlings|Jacqueline Wilson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320398257l/7821925._SX50_.jpg|10862248] by Jacqueline Wilson. I'm not usually a fan of magical realism, I find it a bit wishy washy and vague and weird. But in this book, it just clicked. It's also written by an Australian author and based off a real Australian town. I will definitely recommend this to people forever. It's so good!!
Also, Little Fella is so cute and just reminded me of the dragon from How to Train a Dragon.