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Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

4.02 AVERAGE

purplehvze's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

snarkyspice's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emilyluu's review against another edition

5.0

challenging

bellbie's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ladyandarta's review against another edition

4.0

I read this as a high school assignment back when people didn't understand they needed to offer a trigger warning. While the book does validate trauma, I think happy endings are too unrealistic on this topic.

stltodc's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

echiariz's review against another edition

2.0

After a strong beginning, I found myself liking this book less and less as I continued through it. It felt more like an "issue" book than a story about a girl.

daisyfuzesy's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cheesegoddess1's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Very good book. It is one I will recommend for sure.

Content Warnings

thelibraryofanna's review against another edition

1.0

I was really disappointed in this book. It had such good reviews but I really didn't enjoy it! It rushes through a year of the character's life really quickly without actually developing a real plot. The ending is especially poor and the book ends very abruptly - not cool!

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