I've already read this one twice since receiving it. I loved it the first time and I loved it the second time. It's one that I will (that I already have!) re-read, again and again.
From The Opposite of Invisible:
My center of gravity is off.
Simon is the opposite of Jewel. Isn't he? Jewel hails from Planet Artist/Thinker. Simon? Planet Popular? Planet Untouchable?
I try to pretend it's normal, me and Jewel standing in a crowd with Simon. I try to ignore what's going on in my body. The way I seem to be floating in the space between two very different guys.
It's the first time I've ever wished Jewel would go away.
It's a simple story, simply told, about a girl and a boy and another boy. About Alice and Jewel, who have been best friends since they were three; Alice, who wants to explore the world outside of her Jewel-cocoon and Jewel, who wants more than a friendship with Alice.
It has a fantastic sense of place -- I've never been to Seattle, but now I feel like I have. And Alice comes to life so immediately that I believed in her from the first page, that I didn't think once about the author (sorry about that, Liz Gallagher, but for real, it's a good thing!). I knew from the beginning how I wanted things to end, didn't know until the very last page how they actually would end, and when I reached it, the ending was just so... right.
It's a quietly gorgeous, lovely* book. Fantastically fantastic. Very definitely not to be missed.
*There's that word again! Am I getting soft in my dotage?
I really loved this book too! I'm normally a fan of short stories or long novels but this was definitely the perfect length. It was short and oh so sweet. :)
Posted by: Em | 27 February 2008 at 07:47 PM
I live in Seattle, so i could relate to the weather!
i realllllly liked this book!
Posted by: natyra | 28 April 2009 at 06:39 PM
i love this book i wish liz would come out with yhe opppisste of invisible 2
Posted by: niyalester | 27 May 2009 at 06:59 PM