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3.8 AVERAGE
This book is really cool to read about her life and how she pushed through in order to learn and live a normal life as the blind and deaf girl. I enjoyed reading this book because it teaches people about the blind and deaf.
This book was great. It was only 147 pages, so it was a short read, but in those 147 pages I learned of the passion Helen Keller had for learning and how literature transformed her life. She truly was remarkable, and did not let her disability hold her back in anyway. She utilized texts written in braille, and learned to speak by feeling the vibrations of the vocal chords in her teacher's throat and the movement of her lips.
Her writing style is so eloquent that I did not want to put the book down. I don't think I've ever read a book written in the manner that this one is. The style is indescribable. Keller did a tremendous job detailing her life and the world around her, with fluent, articulate language.
Her writing style is so eloquent that I did not want to put the book down. I don't think I've ever read a book written in the manner that this one is. The style is indescribable. Keller did a tremendous job detailing her life and the world around her, with fluent, articulate language.
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As much as I find Helen Keller inspirational for all that she overcame & further achieved, I can't ignore how often parts dragged on & on without providing any actual insight into her life, as the title suggests.
Positives: The parts that did provide a real insight into her life as someone both deaf & blind, it was interesting & inspiring to learn & imagine how she learned. This includes a few of the key moments that shaped her life.
Negatives: As mentioned, there are far too many, IMO, moments where the writing drones on & on that provides little to no insight into Keller's life. In spots it reads more like a writer's freewrite session, where anything & everything is written then gets picked apart later, but in this case, never happened.
Neutral: Does have some thought provoking moments on how we, as a society, did & (sadly) in some ways still do treat deaf and/or blind individuals.
Final Thoughts: Read it, but know it may take you a while to get through.
Positives: The parts that did provide a real insight into her life as someone both deaf & blind, it was interesting & inspiring to learn & imagine how she learned. This includes a few of the key moments that shaped her life.
Negatives: As mentioned, there are far too many, IMO, moments where the writing drones on & on that provides little to no insight into Keller's life. In spots it reads more like a writer's freewrite session, where anything & everything is written then gets picked apart later, but in this case, never happened.
Neutral: Does have some thought provoking moments on how we, as a society, did & (sadly) in some ways still do treat deaf and/or blind individuals.
Final Thoughts: Read it, but know it may take you a while to get through.
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While the story of this broken young girl shattered my heart, the novel itself did not hook me or keep me wanting more.
I can only imagine the pure joy Helen must have felt in connecting with the seeing/hearing world through signing/letters after existing in that halfway place. The eloquence of her words here paint as accurate a picture as they can, but it must have been so much more.
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This book is incredible! I'm in awe at how a person like Helen Keller can obtain such a firm grasp of a spoken language, let alone 3 or 4 others. Her triumphs over obstacles make the book incredibly interesting. My favorite aspect of the book is her positivity about nearly every situation in which she was placed. 4/5 and a quick read.
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