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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
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informative
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informative
slow-paced
I was expecting this to be a quick read and it definitely wasn’t. The supplementary chapters, which take up most of the book felt mostly unnecessary. And the first part, which is the actual part written by Helen, felt very simplistic and not as informative. I felt like her part only scratched the surface of what I was expecting to learn. And overall there was way too much time spent on 12 year old Helen getting prosecuted/shamed for unintentional plagiarism.
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This book is important, but I didn't love it. I'm mostly glad I read it because when I think of Helen Keller, I think of her in the Miracle Worker at the moment of comprehension. I never considered her life after that. This book is a good reminder that she was a whole person who lived and loved and had a meaningful life.
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I was a little disappointed that the letters only extended to 1901, despite the foreword's promise that Hellen Keller's story was about more than her disability (and it certainly was!). Yet, at so early a point in her life, only the seeds of her later political convictions are occasionally found scattered in bits and pieces of her correspondences.
Still, it's a fascinating and perplexing read, though sometimes a bit dull and repetitive.
Still, it's a fascinating and perplexing read, though sometimes a bit dull and repetitive.
It's Helen Keller. What do you THINK I think about it?
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