Grace Williams says it Loud by Emma Henderson
09 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in 2011, Book Reviews
The doctors said no more could be done and advised Grace’s parents to put her away.
On her first day at the Briar Mental Institute, Grace, aged eleven, meets Daniel.
Debonair Daniel, an epileptic who can type with his feet, sees a different Grace: someone to share secrets and canoodle with, someone to fight for.
A deeply affecting, spirit-soaring story of love against the odds.
This would really have been a 3.5 because the book did lose it’s grip on my interest in a couple of places, but I battled on, and in the end I’m glad I did. That is why I do not put it down as a 3, but rather a 4 star - because my interest was still there most of the time, and it was worth finishing it in the end.
The novel was really beautiful in places, with Grace and Daniel’s ‘romance’, which could be really quite touching. But I did also think that parts of it were a little odd, not-quite-right, and perhaps even inappropriate in places. The language in places, I found quite inappropriate, and out of place considering that that kind of crude language is not used throughout, but only in short, sharp, dribs and drabs.
I will perhaps update this review later when I have more time. But the overall impression from me is that the book is worth a read and I would recommend it to a friend, and in fact, have done so already.
