Book: Speak
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Published: April 1, 2001
Published By: Puffin
Description: Melinda Sordino busted an
end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her,
and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to
be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there's
something she's trying not to think about, something about the night of the
party that, if she let it in, would blow her carefully constructed disguise to
smithereens. And then she would have to speak the truth. This extraordinary
first novel has captured the imaginations of teenagers and adults across the
country.
My Thoughts: I picked up Speak a long time ago
mainly because of the many awards and glowing reviews it received. I had hoped
to love it immensely. Unfortunately it fell a bit short.
We follow Melinda, a
young girl ostracized by her classmates for calling the cops on an end of
summer party. She spends the whole of the story depressed and attempting to
block out the events that happened at the party.
I found the entire
story to be extremely boring and bland. Melinda had seemingly no backbone and I
just didn’t like her at all. The story was predictable, after all, what else
could have happened at that party that caused her to call the cops and block
the events from her own mind. I found myself reading just to find out if I was
right instead of for actual enjoyment. I give Speak 2.5 stars. It wasn’t
horrible, but it didn’t live up to the hype either.
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