muted: a short story in verse
by:
Jessica Bell (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781489556417 (1489556419)
Publish date: May 25th 2013
Publisher: Vine Leaves Press
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I received a free kindle copy of Muted by Jessica Bell for subscribing to her newsletter for fair review. This is powerful writing!The brutal imagery incorporates sound, touch, vibration. It is stark. It is harsh & barbaric. It is astonishingly beautiful.I look forward to reading more of Jennifer Be...
I’ve been getting into “verse novels” a lot lately. I’ve discovered that there’s a great world in between poetry and prose that can be found in this style of writing. When I came across this short story in verse, I was intrigued, to say the least.Being that this is a short story and it’s in verse fo...
What is the book about? Some of us at the book club are convinced this story is about a weak government trying to silence a strong voice who dares to speak up. A lot of this going around so this is a valid point. However, when the voice is broken, does her spirit break too or does she find hope in a...
Was the book different from what you expected? Where do I start? When we first saw that it was short story verse, we were expecting a few different stories meshed into one. One story, for about 2000 words that turns out be moving and touching at the same time, not at all what I was expecting. Does t...
Were there any other especially interesting characters? The queen, who is actually a man. He had so much power but felt so threatened and insecure he had to stomp on everyone else's talents and lives. This appearance of a multiple personality makes me think of many politicians these days where they ...