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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
I expected to be inspired, but I didn’t know I’d be sooo inspired by Helen’s story.
Definitely have a new outlook on life now.
Definitely have a new outlook on life now.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Helen's story itself was interesting, but for some reason, the publisher chose to include a bunch of her letter for the second half of the book. Personally, I would've preferred hearing more about Helen's life, instead of it suddenly just ending at about page 100.
I really enjoyed reading how Helen Keller experienced the world being both blind and deaf. She definitely has a different experience in life than most people, and many of her experiences were richer than someone relying on sight and hearing. An example: she talks about navigating alone on a rowboat by smell, based on different parts of the shore she knew.
It's a little disjoined at times, but definitely worth the read.
It's a little disjoined at times, but definitely worth the read.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Very confuzzling! When I'm older, I'll read it again.
Before I begin, I'd just like to mention that I don't hold much regard to flowery language. In fact I hated it in this book where it wove itself into the text in a really awkward manner. Also too many irrelevant Biblical references.
That being said, I quite liked Helen and I felt her frustration and bouts of anger at her inability to communicate freely. I loved her relationship with Anne Sullivan and I liked her as a person in general.
She worked hard against the odds to get into college, professors were inconsiderate, text books were not translated into Braille in time for her to study and on top of that she sucked at math. But still she got through by sheer will power and that is the kind of determination I liked about her.
However that episode concerning plagiarism seems to have at least a seed of truth because I remember being confused when raindrops were described as silvery or something. Madam you are blind and deaf, it is because of your peculiar circumstances and how you overcame them that I chose to read this book. I want to see the world from your point of view so stop trading that to make elaborate flowery expressions which in turn makes your text sound kind of cheap.
I can't really say anything more about this since this is an autobiography and I can hardly point out plot holes or pacing issues. However I wish she had waited a little to start writing this because this doesn't even cover half her life.
That being said, I quite liked Helen and I felt her frustration and bouts of anger at her inability to communicate freely. I loved her relationship with Anne Sullivan and I liked her as a person in general.
She worked hard against the odds to get into college, professors were inconsiderate, text books were not translated into Braille in time for her to study and on top of that she sucked at math. But still she got through by sheer will power and that is the kind of determination I liked about her.
However that episode concerning plagiarism seems to have at least a seed of truth because I remember being confused when raindrops were described as silvery or something. Madam you are blind and deaf, it is because of your peculiar circumstances and how you overcame them that I chose to read this book. I want to see the world from your point of view so stop trading that to make elaborate flowery expressions which in turn makes your text sound kind of cheap.
I can't really say anything more about this since this is an autobiography and I can hardly point out plot holes or pacing issues. However I wish she had waited a little to start writing this because this doesn't even cover half her life.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced