Friesen, Jonathan Mayday, 296 pgs. Speak (Penguin Group),
2014. Language - PG (18 swears, 0 "f"), Sexual Content - PG-13;
Violence - PG;
Crow promised to protect her little sister, Addy, when their dad
left, but she failed to do so and is now dying. In her comatose state, Crow
enters limbo and gets a chance to right things in the past. However, the
problems she goes to fix might not be the ones that need fixing.
This was not
the story I was expecting and it wasn't as good as the one I wanted to read. I
did like that Crow's story wasn't a typical travel-back-in-time story where
changing anything ends up being dramatic. Yes, changing the past has
consequences, but I like that the changes didn't cause extremes later because
they often don't. That felt more real to me as I read. However, Crow's purpose
and self-assigned mission just wasn't very exciting for me as a reader. The
story was missing intrigue and failed to keep me engaged.
HS - NO. Reviewer:
Carolina Herdegen
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