Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan - OPTIONAL

Cremer, Andrea and David Levithan  Invisibility, 358 pgs.  Philomel Books, 2013.  $18.99  Content:  Language: PG-13 (24 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.  

Stephen was born invisible and has been alone for the last year since his mother has passed, so imagine his surprise when his new neighbor, Elizabeth can seem him.  They get to know each other and consider themselves dating, all before Elizabeth even finds out that she is the only person who can see Stephen.  Eventually the two of them begin to search for an answer to Stephen’s invisibility taking them into a world of Spell Casters and Curse Casters.  What started as Stephen’s problem quickly becomes Elizabeth’s.  

Exploring what it would mean to be invisible is interesting and these two authors create great characters.  The perspective jumps back and forth between Stephen and Elizabeth, which is mostly good, but sometimes there is repetition of events, making me impatient for more action.  I was disappointed in the ending and felt like the details of the Spell and Curse Casters made a slow storyline and didn’t help solve anything.  Overall, I got to the end of the book and was disappointed and frustrated that such good characters would have such a boring story.  MS, HS-OPTIONAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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