One by Sarah Crossan
“So when we tell them we do
not want to be apart, they assume there is something very, very wrong with us.”
One is
the story of Grace and Tippi who are conjoined twins. Things start to change
for them when their family runs into money problems – now Grace and Tippi will
have to go to high school. With high school come 2 new friends and endless
amount of stares and judgment.
The
writing style is nice and gives a good voice to the book – the story is told
from Grace’s point of view is written in verse so it’s fast paced and a quick
read however a lot of details are left out and leaves the book feeling kind of
flat. With verse we see a lot of feelings/emotions from Grace and less plot
which I guess wasn’t for me.
The
characters are stereotypical – she’s the quiet twin , Tippi’s argumentative and
wilder, her friend is defiant and the guy is sweet and nice. So she’s shown to be plain next to them – and at
times she gets jealous. The characters are likable and nice but aren’t anything
special because it feels as if I don’t really know them – I didn’t connect with
them.
What
I did like is the portrayal of the people who judge, are mean to, nosy or
supportive to Grace and Tippi and how they treat them differently and how this
affects the girls.
The
ending was predictable with the name of the title and emphasis on change but
nonetheless it was really emotional and the promise they made to each other was
so heartbreaking.
★★★☆☆
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