Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Speak
Book Review: wow!
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, first off Amazon recommended this book to me and it was on the recommended list at school too. so with my little mind i decided to put two and two together and came up with... "wow, this may actually be a good book, maybe i should read it." and so i didThis book is amazing and it definitely has a place on my bookshelf now. it kept me guessing the whole time. and i believe its totally possible for a girl to go mute after an incident like that. how she referred to her rapist in the book kept me wondering even more.
The tree though, i looked at the cover and wondered, why the hell do they have a tree on a cover. fist i thought it was because of the woods that she got raped in, then i realized it was her art project. how her project helped her open up was extrodinary and how she was able to feel more human than ever in art class than anywhere else is even better.
I especially liked the ending when everything just happened to fall into place again. out of everything that happened to her, she was able to put the pieces back together and gain her life back again. i dont think it was the art project or something.. i think it was that one chick she met in art class. she seemed more of a friend than anyone else that shes been around. and one person makes a difference in a persons life. and because of that "friend" and maybe her art teacher as well... no definitely the art teacher as well, she was able to get her life back..
then again thats my opinion! whew.. im getting a hand cramp.
Book Review: yup- it kicked
Summary: 5 Stars
This is porbably one of the best books I have ever read in my life. It was so realistic and you can really relate with some of the things she writes about, like the "clans" at school. You know- like the goths, thespians, cheerleaders, marthas, plain janes, ect. ect. ect. This book talks about what goes on in a lot of our teenager minds but we don't talk about. It's deep but sarcastically funny in a dark way. I also apprieciated the fact that it was written in an original way- like a diary almost. So now that you've read all the other reviews telling the story, I'm telling you it's good. (Yep, stayed over at a friend's house and read till 2 am. Couldn't put it down.)