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gabbyreadswithtea 's review for:
Skinny
by Donna Cooner
Rating - 2.5
Format - Audiobook
This gets a bonus half-star as the author acknowledges that Ever has some unadmirable traits that leads to the reason why she is so “alone”.
I had a big problem with Ever. As a character she’s perceived as being “alone and hurt, because she is overweight”. However, that’s really not the reason at all. She super judgemental and mean; from the first chapter she was making fun of how others looked in her class even though the whole point of the story is “don’t tease the fat kid”. She appears to grow by the end of the novel, but not really. She’s still just as selfish and rude, but this time - more open about it. She’s constantly saying how she’s better than everyone but then the next sentence she’ll be all “poor me, I’m fat”. It just wasn’t right.
This is meant to be a loose Cinderella retelling which I didn’t realise until the end, so boo on that front.
One thing I did really like though was;
Also the narrators voice was just irritating and I didn’t like the way this was written either, too many “it is” and “I am”s rather than “it’s” and “I’m”s.
I’m upset because this has been popping up around the place for years and I felt so accomplished for finally picking it up. What a waste.
Format - Audiobook
This gets a bonus half-star as the author acknowledges that Ever has some unadmirable traits that leads to the reason why she is so “alone”.
I had a big problem with Ever. As a character she’s perceived as being “alone and hurt, because she is overweight”. However, that’s really not the reason at all. She super judgemental and mean; from the first chapter she was making fun of how others looked in her class even though the whole point of the story is “don’t tease the fat kid”. She appears to grow by the end of the novel, but not really. She’s still just as selfish and rude, but this time - more open about it. She’s constantly saying how she’s better than everyone but then the next sentence she’ll be all “poor me, I’m fat”. It just wasn’t right.
This is meant to be a loose Cinderella retelling which I didn’t realise until the end, so boo on that front.
One thing I did really like though was;
Spoiler
the revelation of “Skinny” to be a blind version of herself. It spoke wonders and was really admirable as both a symbol and review of character.Also the narrators voice was just irritating and I didn’t like the way this was written either, too many “it is” and “I am”s rather than “it’s” and “I’m”s.
I’m upset because this has been popping up around the place for years and I felt so accomplished for finally picking it up. What a waste.