A review by ps_a22
The Things I Didn't Say by Kylie Fornasier

4.0

This novel hooked me in right from the first page. I didn’t read the blurb and I still haven’t but I am so glad I picked up from the display in the library. It was absolutely touching. It had a very, very open ending, which I usually am not a fan of, but I enjoyed reading it nonetheless. I had read a book about the protagonist being mute due to damaged voice box but the fact that this one was Selective mutism just made it so much more extraordinary. It showed a lot of insights into mental illnesses. It wasn’t like Piper didn’t want to talk to West, it’s that she couldn’t even if she was physically able to speak. It brought tears to my eyes, made me laugh, cry and realise the beauty in sadness and just feeling pain rather than dodging it. I now understand why Piper never wiped her tears and just let them fall. She was so strong.