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Invisible Ellen (2014)

by Shari Shattuck(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0399167617 (ISBN13: 9780399167614)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Putnam Adult

review 1: Ellen is overweight, facially scarred, awkward and alone. She makes herself “invisible” around others. Everything changes when she meets a blind woman and through their friendship and their adventures, Ellen discovers a stronger and more confident side of herself.This was a nice little story although the word “contrived” comes to mind. However, it was offset by Ellen’s growth as a person and how she became “visible” to the outside world (and to herself). It certainly paints a horrendous picture of Costco and how people acknowledge (or fail to) the handicapped.
review 2: I wasn't sure what sort of book this was. It is about female friendship, but between two very odd and unlikely sources. The main character, Ellen is "invisible." She decides... more to keep herself hidden by being very discreet and a background player. Yet she has some sort of heroic persona because she suddenly decides to stop a mugging of the second main character, Teremity. Teremity is blind and lives with her seeing twin brother. The book is essentially about Ellen's habit of being a creeper. For Ellen has nothing else to do but to spy on her neighbors, eavesdrop on their conversations, and basically watch them like a mom watches a soap opera on a coach while her kids are in school. Ellen invites Teremity to spy after she 'accidentally' reads one her subjects mail and discovers that her pregnancy is about to end in adoption, but the dead father's sister wants to help raise the child. The plot is hugely far fetched ,and the main character is basically just a bit too creepy. less

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