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A review by jenbsbooks
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
emotional
inspiring
5.0
So often people indicate that a book made them cry, even sob, and yes, I've experienced that a time or two. I'm not sure if I've become more heart-hearted in my old age, or have just read SO much that it's harder to get to me ... but it doesn't happen often anymore. Here, there were to or three times where I got a little emotionally choked up. The story kept my interest, it's one I'd recommend, there are things to discuss (if it were a bookclub selection, there were included discussion questions too), I made some notes/highlights, unique voice. So ... 5* from me. I'm not sure about watching the movie ... probably.
1st person, present tense, from Melody's POV. I actually loved how the start and the end of the book had the repeated section there. Originally I wasn't really sure that the fish jumping out of the bowl really represented the book enough to be the cover image ... be re-reading that section, and parallels ... I can see why it was chosen. Per usual, now that the book has been made into a movie, there is a "movie" alternate image.
One thing I wondered about ... what race is Melody and her family? In the movie version, they are white (I've just seen the previews). That would be my standard guess, as if a character is black, race usually comes up in a description, or situation (sometimes extreme, other times more minor, but rarely a complete non-issue). The author is black ... and the narrator was black. Sometimes it can be heard, and while not overly obvious, I could tell in her voice and some of the voicing of the parents (more than Melody herself). So that made me think maybe the family was black? Race wasn't mentioned in the story. There was some bullying and unfair treatment, but it was all centered on Melody's ability/limitations. I still have to wonder if she was black though, if that wouldn't have come up a little bit too.
1st person, present tense, from Melody's POV. I actually loved how the start and the end of the book had the repeated section there. Originally I wasn't really sure that the fish jumping out of the bowl really represented the book enough to be the cover image ... be re-reading that section, and parallels ... I can see why it was chosen. Per usual, now that the book has been made into a movie, there is a "movie" alternate image.
One thing I wondered about ... what race is Melody and her family? In the movie version, they are white (I've just seen the previews). That would be my standard guess, as if a character is black, race usually comes up in a description, or situation (sometimes extreme, other times more minor, but rarely a complete non-issue). The author is black ... and the narrator was black. Sometimes it can be heard, and while not overly obvious, I could tell in her voice and some of the voicing of the parents (more than Melody herself). So that made me think maybe the family was black? Race wasn't mentioned in the story. There was some bullying and unfair treatment, but it was all centered on Melody's ability/limitations. I still have to wonder if she was black though, if that wouldn't have come up a little bit too.