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Grace Williams Says It Loud (2010)

by Emma Henderson(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1444703994 (ISBN13: 9781444703993)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Hachette Australia

review 1: I can't quite make up my mind about this book... It has moments of pure, brutal brilliance, speaking frankly and painfully about everything that was wrong with the treatment of mental illness and disability... but somehow it's initially hard work. The language is stilted, in places basic perhaps betraying the beauty of such raw dialogue. Or maybe it's this uncomfortable and immature dialogue that gives the book an inverted fairytale sensibility and a painful perception of human emotion?. This book isn't just 'sad' though and through it's themes of nostalgia and prejudice as well as comedy and eroticism,humanity is questioned on every level. Perhaps, just like society, the reader gradually accepts Grace Williams for the honestly sharp and subtly comedic narrator sh... moree is?
review 2: I was looking forward to reading this book but I was disappointed and left feeling unmoved by it. It has a beautiful premise but the writing style and especially the main character's voice shows a lot of inconsistencies...which sometimes confuses me even though the characters are likeable. I read a lot of books that tackles about disability and I always find it touching and insightful. However, I did not feel those emotions with this book and it's all due to writing quality that could not carry the story at all. less

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