[fiction] Skin

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By: Adrienne Maria Vrettos

This book really outlines problems of an unstable family. A debut novel written by Vrettos and I find it so amazing -- the pace is perfect, the situation - reactions - thoughts.

Skin is a touching story about real-life and the problem of disappearing. A wonderful debut novel from Adrienne Maria Vrettos. The story is about rebirth and death. And the rebirth death can bring. It's about family problems – breaking apart. Most of all change.

It follows the life of Donnie – induced with pure conflict and chaos. His sister isn't eating healthy and his parents are in fights almost every time they meet. Donnie's world is changing – and this story really depicts how he can stop being invisible and fix it – maybe not back to normal, but to something better.

I love how Vrettos has a balance about how to write. In writing style basically for me there's a scale on whether or whether not it's mature (like a computer block writing with no character) and freeflow (writing as spoken). I like how the balance creates a good flowing style that really has the image in your head – and really hooks you into the book because it seems so easy to follow. I tend to love the humour packed into this novel very much. It made me burst out laughing at one point haha.

I loved the characters, the problems, the setup – and of course the reminder of events. Especially the last sentence. It was amazing. I loved how it ended. This was an excellent book – not the best but I really thought it was something.

Mark: 9/10