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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

11 reviews

gr3yyvi's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

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nie_fertig's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

This is a tragic tale about trying to live life after becoming a r*pe victim as a heads up to those who are interested in reading this, but I still think it's an important read whether you've been a victim with r*pe/sexual assault or not (unless, like my friend, you were recommended to read this in elementary school?? I think this is too traumatizing for that young of an age--wait until at least high school/maybe middle school for your kids to read this).
Anyway, the narration of our main character, Melinda, is spot on as an edgy, traumatized high school student. I actually related with some of her thoughts and feelings because I was also once a very edgy and anxiety-driven middle/high school student. I'm thankful that I've never been r*ped before, but as a woman, the flashbacks or what happened to Melinda were terrifying to read--even when there were few words as possible to describe what happened--it reads and feels like a blur, which is exactly what Melinda went through. So, the writing style is excellent, and this is an important banned book to read!

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uh_havey's review against another edition

3.5

reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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payaut's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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k31r's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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gabriella_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was really emotional and had great payoff. I’m glad to finally check it out

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kodi_rae's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

My first time rereading this since the first time when I was probably around Melinda’s (the protagonist) age. I remember really liking it then and it’s even more devastating now with time and experience. The claustrophobia of the mind and your own silence.

While I’d like to think society has grown a bit since Speak was first published, I’m glad it still exists and can maybe provide validation and healing to those who need it. Does anyone else remember the movie with a young Kristen Stewart? Maybe I’ll pay that a visit too.

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mkwreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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madradstarchild's review against another edition

4.0

challenging inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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readsandrants's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I started off hating this book. And I do mean hating, I think at one point I even called the main character a passionless dull main character with questionable opinions. I was so ready to hate this book, not that I had wanted to, I had originally been excited for this book because someone who has very similar reading taste to mine absolutely raves about it and when I saw my teacher assigned it for summer reading I was thrilled. The first couple of chapters felt robotic, and the opening line was a bit of a cringe worthy sentence. But I actually grew to really love this book as it went on, though it was nothing I had thought it would be when I first heard about it, it was still a really great book nonetheless and I will be one of those annoying people who do nothing but rave and recommend this book to everyone they meet.

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