tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708095426575847662.post4641026714048522645..comments2023-06-06T04:52:25.208-04:00Comments on Escapism Through Books: Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson ★★Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04629414165497524335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708095426575847662.post-88184081827697112272013-02-04T07:06:26.031-05:002013-02-04T07:06:26.031-05:00Well hello there! It was such a great pleasure to ...Well hello there! It was such a great pleasure to visit this personal blog and especially to read this blog post. And there is also one thing that I wanted to ask you. Did you try guest blogging?FunkyForLifehttp://funkyforlife.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708095426575847662.post-31776679896004996622012-03-05T02:40:36.417-05:002012-03-05T02:40:36.417-05:00Speak: A powerful story about a high school studen...Speak: A powerful story about a high school student getting started in her new life after an act she did to destroyed it. In the book speak, Melinda, a teenage girl who was trying to cope in her life after the incident that made her call 911, became silent. Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of Speak, was able to capture the real situations of teenagers, girls and boys, during their high school years. In the beginning of the story speak, Melinda was a quiet girl who feels like everyone around her, especially her friends begin to shun her. Desperately seeking for friends, Melinda comes upon a new girl Heather. Melinda feels that she doesn't want to be alone and wants to have a thought of somebody being right next to her other than her parents.Eestihttp://born2beperfect.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708095426575847662.post-6064897135029063542012-01-22T18:48:43.860-05:002012-01-22T18:48:43.860-05:00I don't think I did review this based on liter...I don't think I did review this based on literary merit alone, though. I didn't really have much complaint there - I thought that the writing was choppy and staccato, but it fit Melinda. <br /><br />My complaints are about the emotional aspect. It didn't really affect me at all. I liked Melinda's sardonic point of view, and thought that her observations on highschool life were pretty accurate... but that, to me, had almost nothing to do with what happened to her, or what she was going through. It could have been anyone... any teen ostracized for any reason, and that anyoneness overwhelmed the 'issue' aspect of the book for me. <br /><br />What happened to her was like a string running through the story, but pull the string out and the rest is still pretty much intact. It didn't have much impact - there was no real change in Melinda, at least in my opinion, and there was no real resolution or healing or anything, nothing to wow me and make me feel like this is an important message for girls, which is what the book SHOULD be. In fact, I think it's kind of the WRONG message for girls. Bottle it up and cope by yourself unless you see the same thing about to happen to someone else? Then once you speak up about it everything will be just fine? No. Sorry. I just didn't get this one. <br /><br />I'm always happy if a book works for others, but this one just didn't do anything for me.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04629414165497524335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708095426575847662.post-55603380598606081122012-01-22T18:12:58.348-05:002012-01-22T18:12:58.348-05:00I can see why you would give this a 2.5 rating. I ...I can see why you would give this a 2.5 rating. I think if I was to review this book based on just its literary merit alone, I might give it 2.5-3 stars. However I think the reason why this book is 'important' and has been loved by so many throughout the years is in fact because of its actual effect on its readers. I know many (not personally) whose lives have been moved by this book, so just for that reason, I would rate it 5 stars. <br /><br />Your points for giving it your rating is very accurate though as technically I feel the same way.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07629286727932554109noreply@blogger.com