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A review by choirqueer
Deaf Child Crossing by Marlee Matlin
2.0
I thought I would enjoy this book a lot more than I actually did. The author does a strong job of conveying elements of Deaf people's experiences that hearing people might not be aware of, and the types of conflicts a Deaf person is likely to encounter when navigating the hearing world. I liked that the protagonist, who is Deaf, and her best friend, who is hearing, were both portrayed as complex characters with very different personalities, and the extent to which their different personalities tended to clash more so than their Deafness or lack thereof. I was not impressed with the protagonist's family members, who were not interesting or well-developed as characters. The conflicts between the characters (both protagonist/family and protagonist/friend conflicts) seemed overly calculated to Make A Point and just didn't feel like a naturally occuring story element. Also (forthcoming is both a spoiler and a major unexpectedly-necessary content warning)
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