Summary:
A student in a boarding school finds a set of CDs that a previous student had left. As he listens to those CDs, he is also living his own life, which actually is fairly like the life of the student before him (in major themes at least). So, Duncan (the current senior) is listening to Tim's (the former senior) life. Duncan is obsessed with Daisy and Tim is obsessed with Vanessa. Tim's love story is triangular with the most popular boy in school, but the most interesting aspect of Tim is that he is reclusive because he is an albino. Being an albino sets him a part from the rest of the student body and gives him a different outlook on the school life than Duncan has. Duncan is planning this big senior thing called The Game, but things seem different because of a huge event that happened the year before. Tim's story ultimately ends with what that big thing was.
My thoughts:
It's odd when I stop reading a book and I just don't know what I think about it. This was one of those books. The ending is not as good as I had hoped. There was so much build-up to discovering what the huge secretive event that happened in Duncan's junior year, but when it's revealed, it's not as big of a deal as I had expected. I really felt like "that was it!" I don't think the end is what has left me with the love it or hate it feeling though. Tim is a fully developed character even though his story is told through CDs. He's very interesting and his story far out-shadows Duncan's story. Since we see Vanessa through Tim's eyes, she is an interesting character as well. Patrick, typical hot guy in high school, is one dimensional. He doesn't have any depth, which may be Tim's way of seeing him. I don't know, maybe that was intentional. Duncan is rather boring. He does not inspire anything within me, which may go along with the ambiguous feeling I have overall.
Anyways, I let this book sit with me awhile before I decided to write the review. I wanted to see if it lingered in my head. It didn't; however, I have placed it in my classroom and the student that is currently reading it seems to be enjoying it. Maybe I just am missing something?
A student in a boarding school finds a set of CDs that a previous student had left. As he listens to those CDs, he is also living his own life, which actually is fairly like the life of the student before him (in major themes at least). So, Duncan (the current senior) is listening to Tim's (the former senior) life. Duncan is obsessed with Daisy and Tim is obsessed with Vanessa. Tim's love story is triangular with the most popular boy in school, but the most interesting aspect of Tim is that he is reclusive because he is an albino. Being an albino sets him a part from the rest of the student body and gives him a different outlook on the school life than Duncan has. Duncan is planning this big senior thing called The Game, but things seem different because of a huge event that happened the year before. Tim's story ultimately ends with what that big thing was.
My thoughts:
It's odd when I stop reading a book and I just don't know what I think about it. This was one of those books. The ending is not as good as I had hoped. There was so much build-up to discovering what the huge secretive event that happened in Duncan's junior year, but when it's revealed, it's not as big of a deal as I had expected. I really felt like "that was it!" I don't think the end is what has left me with the love it or hate it feeling though. Tim is a fully developed character even though his story is told through CDs. He's very interesting and his story far out-shadows Duncan's story. Since we see Vanessa through Tim's eyes, she is an interesting character as well. Patrick, typical hot guy in high school, is one dimensional. He doesn't have any depth, which may be Tim's way of seeing him. I don't know, maybe that was intentional. Duncan is rather boring. He does not inspire anything within me, which may go along with the ambiguous feeling I have overall.
Anyways, I let this book sit with me awhile before I decided to write the review. I wanted to see if it lingered in my head. It didn't; however, I have placed it in my classroom and the student that is currently reading it seems to be enjoying it. Maybe I just am missing something?
