She is not popular at school after calling the police at a party, and the hatred she is subject to is a lot to deal with. It is a gripping and absorbing perspective, but also suffocating at times as you cannot escape from her feelings, and it is like you are feeling everything alongside her. Both are brilliant.īoth are written in the present tense, in first person, so we are very much inside Melinda’s head. The cover for the graphic novel is very different but really highlights her feelings of loneliness and isolation.
The recent cover of the novel is stunning, depicting the trees that are a big part of Melinda’s story as she works on an art project which helps her to heal from the trauma she has suffered.
So, when Team Bkmrk sent me a copy along with the graphic novel adaptation, I was beyond thrilled! I borrowed it repeatedly from Lancaster Library, before investing in my own copy, which I still have somewhere, although it is somewhat battered and falling apart. Speak was genuinely one of my favourite books as a teenager. Today I’m sharing my reviews of the original novel and the recent graphic novel of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
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