Skin, by Donna Jo Napoli
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Skin, by Donna Jo Napoli
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My lips are white. Sixteen-year-old Sep stares into the bathroom mirror. It's not some weird lipstick (she never wears lipstick). Her lips are just - white.
In a panic, she digs up an old lipstick and smears it on her colorless lips. But soon, more and more white spots begin to bloom, spreading their chalky tendrils across her olive brown skin. Does she have a disease? Is she turning into some kind of freak? Sep is usually the one who knows all the answers. With a quicksilver mind and a supple body, she's happiest when she's delving into the mysteries of animal biology or giving herself over to sweet, hot moves in Jazz Dance Club. Unlike her best friend, Devin, she's never been in a rush to get a boyfriend. But as the white blotches spread, her dating days - like the endangered species she studies - seem numbered. So when Joshua, a boy she's always liked, makes a flirty advance, she wonders: Why not grab pleasure while she can?
Frank, funny, and full of passion, this is the empowering story of a strong gifted teen who, as her life spins out of control, desperately tries to prove to the world - and herself - that she is deeper than skin.
Skin, by Donna Jo Napoli- Amazon Sales Rank: #143629 in Audible
- Published on: 2013-09-03
- Released on: 2013-09-03
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 443 minutes
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A teen's skin starts going white, so she races to find a boyfriend. By Suzi Hough I've been a long time fan of Napoli's fairy tale-themed work like Zel and The Magic Circle. I was curious to see if her writing would continue to work its magic in a contemporary setting.Sep, a sixteen year old, wakes on the first day of school to discover her lips have gone white. Horrified, she grabs the first lipstick she can find to mask the discoloration. When the doctor can't immediately diagnose and fix the problem, she begins to panic - especially as other white blotches appear on her skin. Sep just wants to be a normal teenager, so she struggles to hide her skin from her friends and crush. Convinced she has a terrible disease, Sep becomes reckless, pushing her new boyfriend to rush the relationship so that she can experience true love before he discovers she's a freak and leaves her forever.Sep is an emotional, hormonal, and extremely realistic teenager. Her panic and desperation to hide her skin disease was something I could really identify with. When I was in high school I suffered from psoriasis - a skin condition that creates flaking red patches - and I was desperate to hide the the marks on my skin. As an adult, it doesn't bother me that much, but back then I was convinced I was a freak and the ugliest person in school. But Sep's paranoia goes far beyond anything I ever mustered up, and she does some truly terrible things to the people around her. Her fear that she is becoming a monster is fully realized - but it's all in her personality, not her appearance.I also liked Sep because she's one of those rare young adult heroes that loves science *and* dance. She's equally comfortable using a microscope in the lab or dancing with her fellow Jazz Dance Club members. Usually, characters fall into standardized "artist" or "geek" roles; it was nice to have someone who embraced both.The romance with Josh seemed sudden, and a little out of left field, but I chalk that up to Sep's rather unstable state upon discovering her skin is turning white. Her relationships with Devon (her best friend) and her family were very well done - utterly believable. It felt like I was reading about real people, and I really appreciated that.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Lacks Depth By SevereWX Skin is a good young adult book about a high school girl who suddenly develops vitiligo and is trying to do her best to deal with both the physical appearance it causes, and the emotional rollercoaster she has as a result. All the while, Sep, the main character is also trying to figure out how to deal with her first love. While the story is touching in some ways, I found the characters to be rather one-sided. I never felt like I could get a look into the soul of the various characters, which was especially disappointing for the main character. The story really felt like it was lacking details in nearly every regard; that is, the content of the story is aimed at young adults, but written in a simple style more suited to pre-teens. This mismatch in content/writing style really took all depth out of the book, and I felt more inclined to just hurry up and finish reading it, rather than try to savor every word.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Skin by Donna Jo Napoli By Crys_Bookiemoji Where to begin with this book......during the first 60% of this book I just knew I wouldn't give it more than two hearts. I mean, I really forced myself to push through it. I hate to DNF a book. I feel like I owe the book a chance, and how can I give it a fair chance if I don't finish it? So, I pushed through. I knew there was a chance that I wouldn't care for this book. I don't read a lot of contemporary, but I'm trying to expand to more genres and try new things. I'm more into deep, serious reads that really make me think. So, keeping that in mind, I'm going to try not to be too overly critical of this book.The main character, Sep, wakes up her first day for school with completely white lips. That right there was the only thing I read in the first few chapters that sparked my interest. But all too quickly, my interest was gone. Sep found out what was wrong with her within the first few chapters. Was it something so horrible that I wanted to know what would possibly happen to Sep? No, not really! There went all my curiosity for this book. *Poof*. Gone!Now it's not that there wasn't more to the story, there was, but I felt like I was reading about a thirteen-year-old instead of a sixteen-year-old. At random moments she gets thrown into a sixteen year-old type situations, but then she was right back to acting like a rambling thirteen-year-old. I was bored to tears honestly. She most often acted like a sixteen-year-old with Joshua. She grew up with this guy, and he just randomly decides he likes her. And I do mean randomly! There was no relationship building, no nothing. I don't like that. I hate when books happen like that. Joshua is an okay character. Some moments I like him, others I'm just impartial. She also has two best friends that are mentioned, randomly. They aren't really all that important. They are just there, I feel like, for the sake of being there. I don't really have much to say about them, except that Devin does have moments of being a good friend. Owen-well there isn't much to say about him because he just wasn't all that interesting. I do feel I need to mention Slinky. She's a cashier at the department store that Sep meets while buying lipstick and turns into a bit of a mentor. She's actually the only character in the book that I liked and wished I could have seen more of.But anyway, somewhere around chapter 29, Sep all of a sudden became an interesting character. I actually began to like her. I cared what happened to her. I cared how the book ended. Weird, right? I thought so. The ending of the book actually turned out pretty good. Bitter-sweet is a term my friend Samantha used. I would say that's very fitting.All in all, would I recommend this book? No. Not because it was the worst book ever or anything, I just would never recommend a book that it takes more than halfway through until you like it-IF you like it. But that's just me. Now if you are big on contemporary, you may love it. But like I said, I'm not, so it's not for me. If you have read it, leave me your opinion. It's always good for others to see what a more broad range of people think ;)
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