Speak Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Laurie Halse Anderson
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,362

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Book Summary

The groundbreaking National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor Book with more than 3.5 million copies sold, Speak is a bestselling modern classic about consent, healing, and finding your voice.

"Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, an outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, Melinda becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back—and refuses to be silent.

From Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate Laurie Halse Anderson comes the extraordinary landmark novel that has spoken to millions of readers. Powerful and utterly unforgettable, Speak has been translated into 35 languages, was the basis for the major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart, and is now a stunning graphic novel adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself, with artwork from Eisner-Award winner Emily Carroll.

Awards and Accolades for Speak:
A New York Times Bestseller
A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
An Edgar Allan Poe Award Finalist
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
A TIME Magazine Best YA Book of All Time
A Cosmopolitan Magazine Best YA Books Everyone Should Read, Regardless of Age

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Book Name Speak
Genre Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 1.5 MB

Speak (Laurie Halse Anderson) Book Reviews 2024

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Have to Read. If ur a teen, u have to read this. You won't be able to put this book down. It's unbelievable and amazing. It'll make u laugh and it'll make u cry. If u don't want to read it, then at least watch the movie. It'll be worth ur time, trust me.

Speak. I loved this book so much. When I read it, I didn’t read the summary first so I actually didn’t know that she was raped. I got to kinda find out while she put back the pieces of her to heal. I loved how mysterious it was and I can’t wait to read the graphic novel!

Great!. We read this in my freshman English class. I will never forget this tale. It's teenage girl went through so much, and still somehow managed to get through everything. This is a must read.

Best book. This book is amazing. I read over 500 books and this is by far the best one I have EVER read. I love this book❤️

A book to reread. This summer, for school I was assigned to read Speak, a book that I had already read in fifth grade, but had no problem with reading again. This book is absolutely heart wrenching, and completely outstanding, it was written perfectly, and depicted Melinda's feelings of depression in such a realistic way. I am so glad that i reread this book, because it allowed me to take in even more of this fantastic story.

👌👌👍❤️❤️. I really love this book. It was assigned in my english class and I've watched the movie twice on YouTube and we are gonna watch it in class on Friday!!! ❤️

Great book. I read this book in 7th grade. It is a really great read!

very touching. I hope someday someone will see this. I was in 7th grade being raped everyday by my boyfriend for 4 months. it was the hardest thing to deal with. my teachers and police knew and everything. one day my teacher came up to me and handed me this book and for that he will always be my favorite teacher of all time. i thank him so very much for giving me this amazing book that is so touching and very relatable. Thank you Mr. Kane.

Best book ever. I love this and the way it was written so much I literally don’t see anything wrong with it probably my most favorite book ever

SPEAK. My class read this at my school. This is like one of the best books I've read! I almost cried several times! (I wasn't going to cry you know cause I was in class) I think everyone should read this book whether you're a girl or a boy. It's amazing!

Amazing. Powerful, wonderful, amazing! I loved everything about this book! It spoke to a pain in my heart in an incredible way. ❤️

Speak. I completed reading Speak nearly a month or two ago. I found it highly emotional, intense and fairly graphic. I must admit that I was disappointed with the poor wording. Also, it was very slow; I would not categorize it as a book “I couldn’t put down”. I respect the positive message of this novel, however it was simply not well-written and not the best book I’ve ever read. It was decent, but for me personally, was a bit too deep.

This book !. I have read this book so many times it is definitely great I would recommend it!!

Very inspiring. Great story. Easy to follow. Inspiring. Fastest book I’ve ever read. would recomend to anyone.

Not that great. Meh

Loved it!. This book was amazing and touching to the heart.

Outstanding phenomenal Story. I didn’t know what to expect when beginning to read this novel for myself. I mainly started to read it for closure, having been assaulted myself around Melinda the main character’s age. And then again a couple months ago. It brought me joy to follow her through her journey, and gave me hope that I’ll be ok eventually. Even though things are bad right now it will get better.

Moving, emotional, worth it. I read this book when I was 15, after my aunt gave it to me as a gift. Once I started reading it, I could not stop. This book is heartbreaking, and brings up very important topics that teenagers should be aware of. I’m forever thankful that my aunt gifted me this book, for I probably would have never read it. It’s so important that youth reads books like these, ones that hurt to read, but teach a good lesson on life. I’d recommend this book to any age group, but especially teens.

Okay. This book is okay. It starts off not interesting, just the life of an average bullied teen. Except she isn't really bullied she is just really quiet.

Most impactful book of my youth. This book saved me in so many ways.

It triggers me and heals me. I LOVEEE AND HATE THIS BOOK. I love this book because it makes me feel like i’m not alone and that i wasn’t the only one thinking this way when it happened to me. i hate it because the ending is too short and i feel like a little more could have been added to extend the ending, but besides that 10/10!!!

Decent, not great. A worthwhile read, but didn’t live up to the hype, in my humble opinion.

ANAZING ! RECOMMEND 10000%. I read this book in school and it is absolutely amazing! A must read book! Then i realized she was the same woman who wrote “Chains” which i read years ago and is amazing as well!

Speak. I didn’t get a chance to finish this my 9th grade year but i just finished this book and i have to say it’s relatable and it every girl entering high school needs to read it this has touched my heart.❤️

Great. I haven't read the book but I saw the movie, which was played by Kristen Stewart and it was amazing!!🙌🏼

Great. I had to read this book in my english class and i think this book is very inspirational, and it really conects to a lot of teens these day's. and I would recommend this book to everyone. I'm so glad my teacher made us do this. I don't usually like to read a lot but this book really turned my tables. Awesome book. Surely a must read:{-)

Inspiring. At first this book was depressing but it really does address the large problem of rape and sexual assault. This book shows you it's important to speak up if something like this happens to you. Very inspiring and realistic.

Amazing Quick Read(:. This book was amazing & I recommend this to every teenager(:

Absolutely amazing. I had to read this for school but once I got into it you could find me staying up till 12:00am reading this book. I am blown away by how much I loved it, every chapter, every word. I just wanted to read more.

Not for kids. Girl gets raped not for kids

Okay. I wish they could have kept the description down a notch, and maybe a little of the cussing too. But other then that, good book

Inspiring. This is an amazing novel. If I could put more than 5 stars, I most definitely would. Mel, and her story should be an inspiration to all young girls like my self. I did not read this amazing novel on my electronic device, I read a paper back version. All young girls and women should read this inspiring amazing novel. I love this book.

Love it!. It was interesting from start to finish! Highly recommend!

forever my favorite ❤️. will never get over this book , i love it so much . i first read it in middle school , my teacher was a huge bookworm and had a huge shelf that ran along one of the walls of the classroom and i had read almost every book in there to the point where she started bringing me books from her personal library at her home and recommending others to get at the local library (she convinced me to get a library card!) and this and “skinny” were one of them and i fell in love. its such a good read, makes me sad when i have to put the book down!! i’ve read it more than plenty of times and it never gets boring and never will and i will definitely read it 100 times more! i just recently found out a movie was made from this book and almost cried!! thank you for this book :)

Great book. I had to read this book for class and I loved it its one of my favorites I wish I could read it again but I don't have enough iTunes money to buy it lol but I'd most definitely recommend this book :)

My opinion. This book was great and very unexpecting. I mean who new she would come back and get Andy back.

love it. real and i could not put it down

AWFUL BOOK😳😳😳😳😳😮😮😮😮😮😡😡😡😡😡😤😤😤😤😤😤👎👎👎. EXTREMELY SLOW FOR THE WHOLE BOOK!

Amazing book. There's only so many books that I'm interested in. This is one on the few books that caught my attention from the very first page. It's inspirational, interesting, and basically one of those books that grabs your attention from the very first to the very last words.

Awesome 😆💯. It's awesome I have the book

Beautiful. This book is amazing, and truly an inspiration. I would recommend it to any teen.

Speak. I loved this book it made me think a lot I would like to recommend this book this book put me on the edge of my seat

A Must Read. I loved this book. At first it started off a little slow and I had a hard time trying to figure it out, but at the end of the day, the message is what matters most about this book. I cannot relate to Melinda personally, but I know that it’s not just rape that can silence a girl, or any person, really. Speak reminded me that I have a voice and that I can use it, and I should never stay silent. It sends home a powerful message and is a great read. Boys and girls alike should put this at the top of their “must read” list.

Amazing. I love this book and I relate bc I had a boyfriend and I was raped in the back of his car and he was doing this for 3 years and I finally got away from him and I found this book.

So Awesome. This is my favorite book of all time and I l'm in middle school.

Eh. It seemed like their was a lot of useless information, it was also very depressing. I didn't get the last chapter either. Would not recommend it.

Great book. A very powerful book.

Best book ever!. This book was amazing! I couldn't drop it for a minute and I loved everything about it including the beginning, middle, and the end. Even though it's a little long I read it very quickly because i was very interested and into the book. Definitely recommend this book to teens. Sad there is not a sequal/series.

Amazing. This book is perfect it is definitely one of my favorites.

Amazing. This is a book every girl needs to read one she becomes a teen, every word you can understand how she feels . I couldn't put this down once I started reading this !

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👍. Good book

Good book. Good book you can really feel the intensity in the 2 moments where Andy does stuff to her

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Summary of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Speak book written by Laurie Halse Anderson was published on 10 May 2011, Tuesday in the Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults category. A total of 1,362 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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