Speak Book Wrap-Up

I reallly enjoyed reading Speak, as well as my sister, because it was just filled with Melinda´s thoughts and feeling about how she was feeling inside after being raped by a senior that went to her school. She had to be quiet for almost an entire year being by herself after all her friends left her and her parents wouldn´t exactly be there for her. I really liked the ending because of how she went through the same situation with Andy Evans but this time she was brave and stood up for herself and spoke up and even told her entire story to her art teacher. As my sister said, it was very easy to relate to what she was saying especially because I´m still in high school but everyone would probably easily relate to the way she talked about high school and her teachers and the students. What stood out to my sister was the way the author was able to build up to the story of that night at the party and that stood out to me too because we don´t know exactly what happened to Melinda until more than half way through the book. We keep getting clues but the author doesn´t say the entire story until further in the book once we know Melinda more. I would highly recommend this book to everyone especially teenagers because it is filled with so many emotions and it tells a well written story of a girl who was forced by herself to remain quiet although inside she was yelling to speak.