I have to say I felt more of a connection to Tim than anyone else. We also get a secondary romance of Duncan and Daisy. The story slowly unfolds as flashbacks through Tim and Duncan’s recall, and through that, we get the bittersweet tale of how Tim and Vanessa formed an unlikely bond. Then we have the story of Tim and Vanessa recounted by Tim through his CD’s. First we have Duncan the senior who feels guilty about what happened to Tim and Vanessa, although, we have no idea why. This was an unusual tale, really two stories wrapped up in one. But soon the lure of finding out exactly what happened proves too hard to resist and he’s listening, riveted by the story. At first Duncan doesn’t want to listen, he just wants to get back to normal school life, and the pursuit of a girl he hopes didn’t get away.
But he’s put smack into the middle of it when he discovers his “treasure” left in his dorm room are audio CD’s made by Tim, recounting the tragedy and the months leading up to it. He’s trying to forget an event from the last year, which he had a part in. I guess this is to be expected when this tale revolves around the re-telling of a tragic event involving two students, Tim an albino and social outsider and Vanessa, the popular and pretty girl.ĭuncan is entering into his senior year at The Irving, a boarding school in New York. I was affected by this story, but in a mixed way. The Tragedy Paper is not my usual type of read but something about the synopsis drew me in. Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and Duncan, a current senior about to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is a compelling tale of forbidden love and the lengths people will go to keep their secrets. Tim and Vanessa begin a clandestine romance, but looming over them is the Tragedy Paper, Irving’s version of a senior year thesis, assigned by the school’s least forgiving teacher. To Tim's surprise, Vanessa is into him, too, but she can kiss her social status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Yet, despite his efforts to blend into the background, he finds himself falling for the quintessential “It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, girlfriend of Irving’s most popular boy.
It follows the story of Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer to the prestigious Irving School, where the motto is “Enter here to be and find a friend.” A friend is the last thing Tim expects or wants-he just hopes to get through his senior year unnoticed. Perfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Looking for Alaska, Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author, calls Elizabeth LaBan’s The Tragedy Paper“a beguiling and beautifully written tale of first love and heartbreak.”
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