Speak (Platinum Edition) by Laurie Halse Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Speak (Platinum Edition)
Book Review: eoiughaeogi
Summary: 4 Stars
Speak was a very powerful, meaningful book. it's about a young teen who went to a party going into her freshman year in high school, drank and got raped by an older guy from her high school. she wound up calling the police and having her friends and everyone turn on her. it was not a great way to enter your first year of high school, with no friends, being raped and just not having a great summer. the book itself relates to teens in our society today. somehow i was just hooked from the beginning and it always made you want to read more.
the book also gave a great message. it pretty much "spoke" to me. Laurie Halse Anderson pretty much gave me the interpretation that if something is wrong or soemthing is bothering you like that, or soemthing bad happened no matter what you need to speak out to someone, you can't have it trapped inside of you forever.
Book Review: great
Summary: 5 Stars
this book was great it realy gives an impreshon on how high scool can realy be i LOVE he bravery at the endBook Review: had to read it for school
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good book for female readers i guess. but being that i,m a male that read this book i feel that it wasn't what i normally read. the character is really vague about her status but it is revealed as the story goes on. i have to say that this was an excellent first novel though.Book Review: one of the best books ever written
Summary: 5 Stars
this book is about a girl who doesn't know how to speak when she has to and at the end learns its better to speak up...
this book was written in a different but entertaining way,melinda's irony made this book funny and entertaining....
Book Review: powerful and inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book for teen girls, and anyone who knows a teen girl. It is a powerful and inspiring study of depression and recovery.
Melinda, a 9th grader begins freshman year as a social outcast, shunned because she called the police during a summer party. The reason she did so is misunderstood by her peers but becomes clear to the reader very quickly. She has suffered a very real trauma, has no friends, her parents are emotionally absent and her teachers, with the exception of her art teacher, treat her with suspicion. Melinda believes no one wants to hear what she has to say, so she decides to only speak when absolutely necessary and becomes almost mute. However, she does not stop feeling or thinking and a large part of this book is her internal dialogue. Her fear and confusion are clear but so too is her drive to recover. She really is trying to come out from under the weight of her pain but doesn't know how to ask for help.
I was completely sucked in by this book. Melinda has become one of my favorite YA girls (in books). I found the ending very satisfying, it brought me to tears of empathy, relief and joy.