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A review by lulubella
Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee
4.0
This book has so many wonderful things about it, I’m finding it difficult to know where to start. First there is Shawna, who puts on this perfect face but as a narrator hides absolutely nothing. She says things she shouldn’t, she does things she shouldn’t and she is so realistic it felt like I was talking to a good friend. I was honestly sad that when I closed the book after reading it, I was never going to get to talk to Shawna again. I loved loved loved her. Even when she did terrible things. Even she made huge mistakes.
My life is completely different from Shawna’s and was when I was in high school, and I’ve never had to go through a lot of what Shawna had to deal with, but I really connected with everything that happened. There were moments when Shawna would explain a feeling or do something and I would just think, “YES that is exactly how I would think!” Or, “That’s exactly what I would do!” Garsee does such a remarkable making this book not about all of the terrible things that happen in Shawna’s life but about Shawna and how she reacts to them.
My life is completely different from Shawna’s and was when I was in high school, and I’ve never had to go through a lot of what Shawna had to deal with, but I really connected with everything that happened. There were moments when Shawna would explain a feeling or do something and I would just think, “YES that is exactly how I would think!” Or, “That’s exactly what I would do!” Garsee does such a remarkable making this book not about all of the terrible things that happen in Shawna’s life but about Shawna and how she reacts to them.