I was greatly disappointed in this book - it failed me in so many areas: flat, one-dimensional characters, unlikable protagonist, thin plot, predictable outcome. It was so stereotypical and derivative in so many of its observations of high school and teenage life.
I was 50 pages in when I remembered that I saw movie years ago starring Kristen Stewart as Melinda. (Good movie by the way.) This is about one of those socially awkward high school experiences where a girl is teased and hated because she called the cops to break up an underage drinking party. Nobody...
I was 50 pages in when I remembered that I saw movie years ago starring Kristen Stewart as Melinda. (Good movie by the way.) This is about one of those socially awkward high school experiences where a girl is teased and hated because she called the cops to break up an underage drinking party. Nobody...
This book had become one of my favorites, it was a truly amazing book just full of hard moments and then light at the end. I have to give credit to one of my followers Danielle's Bookshelf. I was hesitant to read this, and I see that it was her fave book, I told her that I might not like it, but she...
2.5 starsI appreciate this book for what it is. At its time of publication, the "young adult" novel was still in its infancy and there weren't many books in the genre willing to explore important subjects. Anderson was one of the first young adult authors to understand her audience and come up with ...
OVERALL IMPRESSION: Every high school should have this book on their required reading list. It shows that you never know what anyone is going through and you shouldn't judge people before you know their story. This book is filled with emotion and I believe that it depicts how many teenagers feel, ev...
...while I wait for another lecture from my guidance counselor about not living up to my potential. How does she know what my potential is? Potential for what? When she talks blah blah, I usually count the dots in her ceiling tiles. The above quote isn't the funniest in Speak, a book full of wit des...
At the risk of sounding unfair, I have to say I wish I’d read this before I read Wintergirls. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good book. I just think I enjoyed Wintergirls so much that this one didn’t stand a chance. If I had read this first I would have loved it, then I would have loved Wintergirls ev...
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