Beautiful
Stepping into her new identity turns out to be easier than Cassie could have ever imagined… one moment, one choice, changes everything.
Cassie’s new existence both thrills and terrifies her. Swept into a world of illicit parties and social landmines, she sheds her virginity, embraces the numbness she feels from the drugs, and floats through it all, knowing that she is now called beautiful. She ignores the dangers of her fast-paced life… but she can’t sidestep the secrets and the cruelty.
Cassie is trapped in a swift downward spiral tinged with violence and abuse, and no one—not even the one person she thought she could trust—can help her now.
This is one of the books that left me thinking about it later. I felt Cassie was a real teenager making real choices and how bad choices can lead your life in a downward spiral as can try to fit in.I loved this book.
I was totally captivated by this book and compelled to read it straight through in one day. It was kind of like watching a beautiful, horrifying movie, the way the whole thing played out without you being able to stop it. However, I was aware that as young adult fiction it wasn't necessarily written for me, and that I have no idea what the genre, or teenagers themselves, are like these days. I'd be interested in hearing/reading reviews from teachers and librarians.Read an author interview here:
Before moving to a small town outside of Seattle, Cassie had always been what most people would call a good kid. She had lived on an island called Bainbridge Island and she was invisible, living but not fully. She had fake friends, and did well in school because it was what was expected of her. For the first week or so at her new school as a seventh grader, it seemed like things were going to be exactly the same as when she went to school in Bainbridge. That all changed though when Alex, the
I first bought the book because of the wonderful cover but it wasn't my cup of tea. First of Cassie's character had so much potential but it wasn't explored. Most of the story flew right past me and if your a bit slow like I am you wouldn't understand the author's cryptic words. We never knew what was up with Cassie's dad. Alex wasn't well described altough she was one of the books main characters.The only interesting part of the book was Sarah. Altogether it seemed like a failed attempt at
I'm not usually a fan of the gritty "troubled teen" genre, but holy cow Amy Reed sucks you right into the life and mind of 13-year-old Cassie. And while I couldn't personally identify with the character and the situations she gets herself into, I couldn't help but feel a fatherly ache for the pain and numbness she puts herself through. In fact there were two very specific scenes involving Cassie's emotionally absent father that I actually felt myself choke up... which again, doesn't usually
There is something disturbingly haunting about BEAUTIFUL. Debut novelist Amy Reed writes Cassies dark story in a prose that stuns and lingers.BEAUTIFUL is similar to edgy movies like Catherine Hardwickes Thirteen in terms of content, but it is nearly poetic in its descriptions. Reeds writing allows Cassie to distance herself from all situations she doesnt want to be in, while simultaneously letting readers into Cassies mindset. The result both characterizes Cassie and effectively draws us into
Amy Reed
Hardcover | Pages: 232 pages Rating: 3.67 | 5121 Users | 558 Reviews
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Title | : | Beautiful |
Author | : | Amy Reed |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 232 pages |
Published | : | October 6th 2009 by Simon Pulse (first published September 23rd 2009) |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Realistic Fiction. Fiction |
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When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is determined to leave her boring, good-girl existence behind. This is Cassie’s chance to stop being invisible and become the kind of girl who’s worth noticing.Stepping into her new identity turns out to be easier than Cassie could have ever imagined… one moment, one choice, changes everything.
Cassie’s new existence both thrills and terrifies her. Swept into a world of illicit parties and social landmines, she sheds her virginity, embraces the numbness she feels from the drugs, and floats through it all, knowing that she is now called beautiful. She ignores the dangers of her fast-paced life… but she can’t sidestep the secrets and the cruelty.
Cassie is trapped in a swift downward spiral tinged with violence and abuse, and no one—not even the one person she thought she could trust—can help her now.
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Original Title: | Beautiful |
ISBN: | 1416978305 (ISBN13: 9781416978305) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.67 From 5121 Users | 558 ReviewsCritique Of Books Beautiful
Although the book is classified as Young Adult fiction, anyone who has ever been a young adult can enjoy it. The toxic friendship between Cassie and Alex is something most girls have known all too well at some point in their lives and seeing it here on the page is both riveting and therapeutic. The author is just as adept at describing the more fulfilling, life-changing best friendship between Cassie and Sarah, that instant connection that feels almost like falling in love. Reed does such aThis is one of the books that left me thinking about it later. I felt Cassie was a real teenager making real choices and how bad choices can lead your life in a downward spiral as can try to fit in.I loved this book.
I was totally captivated by this book and compelled to read it straight through in one day. It was kind of like watching a beautiful, horrifying movie, the way the whole thing played out without you being able to stop it. However, I was aware that as young adult fiction it wasn't necessarily written for me, and that I have no idea what the genre, or teenagers themselves, are like these days. I'd be interested in hearing/reading reviews from teachers and librarians.Read an author interview here:
Before moving to a small town outside of Seattle, Cassie had always been what most people would call a good kid. She had lived on an island called Bainbridge Island and she was invisible, living but not fully. She had fake friends, and did well in school because it was what was expected of her. For the first week or so at her new school as a seventh grader, it seemed like things were going to be exactly the same as when she went to school in Bainbridge. That all changed though when Alex, the
I first bought the book because of the wonderful cover but it wasn't my cup of tea. First of Cassie's character had so much potential but it wasn't explored. Most of the story flew right past me and if your a bit slow like I am you wouldn't understand the author's cryptic words. We never knew what was up with Cassie's dad. Alex wasn't well described altough she was one of the books main characters.The only interesting part of the book was Sarah. Altogether it seemed like a failed attempt at
I'm not usually a fan of the gritty "troubled teen" genre, but holy cow Amy Reed sucks you right into the life and mind of 13-year-old Cassie. And while I couldn't personally identify with the character and the situations she gets herself into, I couldn't help but feel a fatherly ache for the pain and numbness she puts herself through. In fact there were two very specific scenes involving Cassie's emotionally absent father that I actually felt myself choke up... which again, doesn't usually
There is something disturbingly haunting about BEAUTIFUL. Debut novelist Amy Reed writes Cassies dark story in a prose that stuns and lingers.BEAUTIFUL is similar to edgy movies like Catherine Hardwickes Thirteen in terms of content, but it is nearly poetic in its descriptions. Reeds writing allows Cassie to distance herself from all situations she doesnt want to be in, while simultaneously letting readers into Cassies mindset. The result both characterizes Cassie and effectively draws us into
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