Skim’s inner thoughts were close to those of my teenage self, though I was never a goth and always a humanities nerd.
To which Skim snarkily thought: “Truthfully I am always a little depressed but that is just because I am sixteen and everyone is stupid I doubt it has anything to do with being a goth.” Oh, and “John Reddear was on the volleyball team and he was the one who committed suicide.” I chuckled. Girls like Skim, with their gothic ways and “depressing stimuli”, were “very fragile.” In other words, girls like Skim were more prone to suicide. I so love the page where the concerned but bungling school counselor pulled Skim into her office. Smarter, sharper, and wiser than the expectations of those around her, but not as wise and smart as she wishes she is. A lot of stupid ideas are executed with (likely) good intentions. What Skim captured well is the voice and reactions of teenagers. From insensitivity to ignorance (teenagers, eh?) to eye rolling at the random hysteria, everyone has a response. The students at Skim’s high school don’t know Katie’s ex-boyfriend (they go to different schools), but everyone has a response. The overarching narrative of Skim centers on the aftermath of this boy’s suicide. Katie Matthews is one of the popular girls, whose outgoing and athletic ex-boyfriend committed suicide.
And she’s falling in love for the first time. She’s starting to have differences with her best friend Lisa. She is into tarot cards, Wicca, and astrology. She lives with her mother, but the relationship is distant. “Skim” is the nickname of Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a Canadian high school student with estranged parents. Worse, our sense of self and established beliefs are often shaken. Whenever suicide, depression, or falling in love touches our lives – whether directly or through others, whether as teenagers or as adults who should know better, we are left with far more questions than answers. My evaluation may not sound enthusiastic, but I think it was the right approach for the story. They are all within the pages, but don’t expect a thorough examination. Skim never delved deeply into any of the promised themes. Image courtesy of Goodreads Suicide, depression, love, sexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers – the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this literary graphic masterpiece.Ībove is the blurb for young adult graphic novel Skim.
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