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Laurie Halse Anderson: Speak (2006, Penguin Group) 4 stars

A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's …

Review of 'Speak' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I'm not sure why I read this, or to be precise, why other adults are reading this. It seems like a good thing for kids to read, but for anyone over twenty it'll feel like a Very Special Episode: awkward, predictable. It started off promising but I felt disappointed by the shallowness of the characters. They just weren't believable, they were puppets for benefit of the story. That's fine for a fable, but in hindsight I was hoping for something more.