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GOODREADS SUMMARY:
I really liked the characters in this novel. None of them were there just to fill up space - they all had stories and purposes. This book captivated me from the beginning. I just needed to know more about what happened to Tim, and how everything panned out.
Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino
and a recent transfer to the prestigious Irving School, where the motto is
“Enter here to be and find a friend.” A friend is the last thing Tim expects or
wants—he just hopes to get through his senior year unnoticed. Yet, despite his
efforts to blend into the background, he finds himself falling for the
quintessential “It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of Irving’s most popular
boy. To Tim's surprise, Vanessa is into him, too, but she can kiss her social
status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Tim and Vanessa begin a clandestine
romance, but looming over them is the Tragedy Paper, Irving’s version of a
senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least forgiving teacher.
Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people will go to keep their love.
Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people will go to keep their love.
I really liked the characters in this novel. None of them were there just to fill up space - they all had stories and purposes. This book captivated me from the beginning. I just needed to know more about what happened to Tim, and how everything panned out.
I loved how the romance seemed real; not cheesy or over-the-top.
The way Elizabeth LaBan wrote it made me feel
like this story, and Tim and Vanessa's romance, was very much
alive - not fictional. I loved it!
The story (mostly) takes place at a boarding school, so it was
easy to imagine everything that was going on, since I experience school and
everything that comes along with it.
Don't even get me started about the ending. My emotions were
everywhere. The secret had been threatening to spill ever since the
beginning, and when it finally came to light... well, let's just say I didn't
see it coming.
Overall, excellent debut, I will be reading more by this
author!
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