As for the time I swore at Mrs. Abercrombie: that was an accident, as I have said a thousand times. I meant to call her a “witch”--which, I admit, is rude enough in itself, but not as rude as the word I used by mistake, which rhymes with it. It got me into a lot of trouble with Gram. To this day, Mrs. Abercrombie thinks I’m a very rude girl, even though it was more than three years ago and I wrote her a letter of apology on Gram’s best notepaper. I know she’s still angry, because her dog, Geoffrey, snarls at me. Geoffrey snarls at everyone, but Mrs. Abercrombie always says, “Stop it, Geoffrey”--except when he snarls at me.) Now I’m scared, and my breathing has become a bit rapid. I stand up and go to the sink in the corner of the garage, where there’s a mirror. Overall, this is a compelling and illuminating story that is laced well enough with thrill and arresting adventure that will not only enthrall the young kids but will also intrigue the mature readers too. That would involve copy-pasting it and as I'm typing this on a tablet via the goodreads app, I can't do that right now.

Los personajes son todos muy profundos y están muy bien desarrollados. Ethel es una chica muy dulce y algo solitaria que vive con su abuela, y poco a poco iremos descubriendo quién es ella. También encontramos a Boydy, un chico introvertido con quien Ethel hará amistad. Ambos se complementan muy bien y es fácil sentir empatía por ellos.Another reason I can't relate to Ethel is because she's so short. I'm 1m72-ish (about 5ft 8in) so I really don't get her.

But you know what grown-ups say, in that way they have that’s designed to make them seem clever: “Ah, you see--it’s always the quiet ones, isn’t it?”Le ambientazioni che mi hanno colpita di più sono quelle scolastiche e il faro. Nella prima si respira l’aria dei ragazzi e le loro dinamiche, mentre sul mare si percepisce la potenza della natura, il suo fascino e anche, in senso metaforico, una ricerca di un punto fermo, il faro per l’appunto, che indichi a Ethel la strada che la conduca verso suo porto sicuro.

Elliot Boyd is also a fun character and I'm happy he's in the book. I love how their friendship evolves throughout the book. In the end we get to learn a lot more about him which I like. It doesn't end with a list of questions like TTWAH. Ethel Leatherhead, the 12 year girl, risks herself from secretly using an unprescribed Chinese medicine along with a sunbed to cure her acne. Being brought up her grandmother after her mother's death, Ethel wasn't that rebellious yet her severe acne problem led her to seek solutions from a dangerous and risky source without the permission from her only guardian, her grandmother. The result of using the combination of a weird medicine along with the power of strong UV rays makes Ethel invisible from the rest of the world. Terrified and clueless Ethel finally comes to terms with the power of her becoming invisible and eventually she uses it to teach her peers a lesson, but using too much of it makes her a victim of it, and that finally lands her up in real trouble and at the same time, the revelation about her birth story throws her off the edge. Ethel, as a main character, is very good. She makes a lot of risky (and sometimes plain bad) decisions (which is probably why this book is titled "what NOT to do if you turn invisible"), but it keeps the story interesting and every single one bad decision adds to the plot. She's a very well-made character, with a lot of details added in. The subplot of Ethel figuring out who she really is is pretty good, if a little predictable. I find it hard to relate to Ethel, but I don't think it's because of the book. It's just because we're so different. What Not to Do If You Turn Invisible is an enjoyable novel full of mystery, twists and turns, and the bonds between family and friends. Standing in front of the mirror, gripping the sides of the sink with my invisible hands, with my brain practically throbbing with the effort of processing this . . . this . . . strangeness, I do what anyone would do.Soldiers have been using camouflage to evade detection for…well, forever, really. (In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the soldiers of Malcolm’s army attempt to disguise themselves as a small forest by holding branches in front of themselves.) El argumento del libro me ha parecido muy original, y al igual que en su anterior trabajo, Ross Welford aborda temas muy importantes y necesarios en la vida de los más jóvenes, como son por ejemplo los complejos, la soledad, la pérdida de algún familiar, la búsqueda de la personalidad, la amistad o el amor. De esta manera, muchos de los lectores pueden sentirse identificados con estos temas, y no hay nada mejor a esas edades que descubrir que hay otras personas con quienes comparten los mismos miedos e inquietudes. Es un libro que se lee muy rápido y de manera cómoda, ya que sus capítulos son muy cortos, lo que permite que cada lector lleve el ritmo que desea. Es cierto que al principio puede generar algo de confusión saber quién es quién, y es que parece que no queda claro el grado de parentesco que hay entre los personajes, pero se termina aclarando. El final es bastante optimista. The negatives, I found myself tuning out in places. Mainly, I was a bit baffled by the emotional turn towards the end. She found out about her parents' identity and felt betrayed it had been kept secret from her. She ends up run over by a car because she was running while invisible. I was just baffled that the book turned towards that direction. I mean the author can write whatever they want but the emotional turn was a bit weak. It doesn't really deliver any punch. Whimsy is all good but I felt like the book needed that one thing to really cement that it is a good book.