by Phoebe Kitanidis
Ooh, intriguing.
Right from the very first page, I devoured this book till the very end. If one power I would love to have, the ability to hear one thoughts I would want. There are so many elements in this book that really hooked me as the reader and did not let me go.The main character of this book, Joy is a perfec...
Joy can hear Whispers, people's deepest and darkest desires. She uses this for good, to make people happy. For her older sister, Jessica, the gift is a curse, and she uses it to make people's lives miserable. Still, when Joy Hears a mysterious Whisper from Jessica's own mind, when she thinks she's s...
3.5 starsI was really excited to get Whisper in the mail the other day. I started reading it pretty much immediately.Joy, the main character in the book went through a lot in this 288 page book. She was extremely nice to her friends and that didn't work out for her most of the time. Joy was always p...
Kitanidis took the saying “Read my mind” to a whole new level in her debut story. Joy the main character that is just like every other girl except for one little talent. She can hear the voices of people around her. It’s a gift passed on to the females of her family which they called the Hearing....
Let me tell you why I am smitten with this book! Beneath the surface, below all the Whispers, is the story of a young girl who is turning into an adult. More than anything I connected with Joy on the level of being a normal teenage girl. Joy reminded me of myself at her age. She has friend issues, a...
2 1/2 stars. This book is about accepting oneself and making oneself happy instead of trying to be what everyone else wants us to be. It shows the benefits of being able to hear other people's thoughts, but also the harm that other people's thoughts could do to us, our self image, and our relationsh...
Joy's whole life was summed up entirely by pleasing others, and giving what they wanted. She did this because it was what was taught to her to do with her ability to Hear. Hearing Whispers was something the women of her mom's side of the family were born with. Dealing with the constant desires--wish...
Whisper is an outstanding debut novel that I did not want to put down. Kitanidis draws the reader in with the promise if the paranormal, and leaves them with so much more.This is an engaging and engrossing reader that leaves the reader continuously guessing at what is going to happen next. The paran...
Joy and the female members of her family hear Whispers, the thoughts and wishes of those around them. Joy and her mom feel the need to grant these wishes whenever possible but Joy's older sister Icka watches on with disdain. Icka hints that there are more to Whispers than their mother mother is te...
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