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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a wonderful read! I enjoyed it very much and reall didn't want to put it down at times. We definitely need better representation of marginalized groups and to have more conversations about them. This book offers a lot of insights into the Deaf community and their culture and should absolutely be read by more people, deaf or not. The camp was also really heartwarming and it makes me wish that we'd all find a place like that, a place that makes us feel unafraid to be who we want to be. I also won't spoil anything, but that last sentence is really something we should all hear and know for ourselves to be true <3
Having just gotten hearing aids recently, my interest in this book zoomed even higher than it had been. (My son made friends with a Deaf teen when he was a teen, and as a result, got into ASL studies.) I found this to be a terrific read--full of passion, as seventeen-year-old Lilah goes to summer camp for deaf and blind students as a student counselor.
Lilah has been poised between the Deaf culture and that of the hearing, as she hears partially, and wears hearing aids. Which are not perfect by any means. Her younger brother, also with hearing issues, is being nudged by their hearing parents toward getting a cochlear implant, while at age eleven.
Lilah's experiences at camp run the gamut of what deaf and Deaf (and blind) kids can run into. It can be frustrating, and it can be horribly scary when the hearing world just doesn't get it, or won't get it. At times the story stopped so that Lilah's first-person narrator could lecture the reader a bit, but those rants are short, and resonant with authenticity. Then the story picks right up again, with an interesting collection of young adults and young kids.
It's a quick, engaging read--I really enjoyed this book. I hope to see more with Deaf main characters coming out!
Lilah has been poised between the Deaf culture and that of the hearing, as she hears partially, and wears hearing aids. Which are not perfect by any means. Her younger brother, also with hearing issues, is being nudged by their hearing parents toward getting a cochlear implant, while at age eleven.
Lilah's experiences at camp run the gamut of what deaf and Deaf (and blind) kids can run into. It can be frustrating, and it can be horribly scary when the hearing world just doesn't get it, or won't get it. At times the story stopped so that Lilah's first-person narrator could lecture the reader a bit, but those rants are short, and resonant with authenticity. Then the story picks right up again, with an interesting collection of young adults and young kids.
It's a quick, engaging read--I really enjoyed this book. I hope to see more with Deaf main characters coming out!
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Je suis pas convaincue malheureusement……..
J’ai pas accroché avec l’héroïne que jai trouvé super ennuyeuse
Le plot était super bon, et j’ai adoré en apprendre plus sur le monde des malentendants, tout cet aspect là du livre était super.
En revanche, vraiment le reste…. Je me suis attachée à littéralement personne, j’ai pas trouvé que y’avait particulièrement d’alchimie entre Isaac et l’héroïne.
J’aimais bien le fait qu’il y avait a la fois des sourds et des aveugles, et pourtant j’ai trouvé qu’ils auraient pu plus en faire au niveau du relationnel.
Y’’avait des bonnes choses à faire avec Blake et Honey, ou meme Max qui arrive après.
C’était une plume fluide en revanche, facile à lire.
Not : 15/20
J’ai pas accroché avec l’héroïne que jai trouvé super ennuyeuse
Le plot était super bon, et j’ai adoré en apprendre plus sur le monde des malentendants, tout cet aspect là du livre était super.
En revanche, vraiment le reste…. Je me suis attachée à littéralement personne, j’ai pas trouvé que y’avait particulièrement d’alchimie entre Isaac et l’héroïne.
J’aimais bien le fait qu’il y avait a la fois des sourds et des aveugles, et pourtant j’ai trouvé qu’ils auraient pu plus en faire au niveau du relationnel.
Y’’avait des bonnes choses à faire avec Blake et Honey, ou meme Max qui arrive après.
C’était une plume fluide en revanche, facile à lire.
Not : 15/20
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A cute summer camp romance story about a hard of hearing girl who is trying to figure out where she fits in the world. She doesn't feel like she is hearing enough or deaf enough.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Vomit, Police brutality, Alcohol
A brief mention of a character signing "very hungry". The way she emphasized the sign hungry changed the meaning to "horny".
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This sweet teen romance will entertain and inform. A good read for anyone who feels in between and like they don't quite fit.