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A review by undervmountain
The Quiet Part Out Loud by Deborah Crossland
emotional
tense
fast-paced
3.0
While this was beautiful and sad and I kinda get what the author was trying to do, these teenagers were so extra it was hard to take them seriously. I understood that Mia had strict parents but the way her and Alfie acted like she was raised in a religious cult was a little OTT.
Following Mia as she scrambles across the rubble caused by the San Francisco earthquake, we get a picture of her and Alfie's past relationship through Alfie, who narrates as if he's talking to Mia. I found this quite irritating and annoyingly poetic.
The ending I didn't see coming however, and I still don't know how I feel about it. It was while reading the acknowledgements that I realised this was lightly based on Greek Myth, which is somewhat of an obsession in YA.
Following Mia as she scrambles across the rubble caused by the San Francisco earthquake, we get a picture of her and Alfie's past relationship through Alfie, who narrates as if he's talking to Mia. I found this quite irritating and annoyingly poetic.
The ending I didn't see coming however, and I still don't know how I feel about it. It was while reading the acknowledgements that I realised this was lightly based on Greek Myth, which is somewhat of an obsession in YA.