11/10/2023 0 Comments Discussion questions brave disney![]() I read Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by while making a salad (and not looking at the knife.) because I couldn't pull myself away. Thankfully, not very badly.) If you’re like me at all, you won’t be able to unglue yourself from the book either. It was an evening and a half read for me, and it was so tense, I just couldn’t pull myself away.I am not kidding, I even made salad while reading. Brave Girl, Quiet Girl is a very fast and riveting read! Because I seriously just don’t want to give you spoilers!īut anyway, you won’t have to wait long until you find out. I believe I must’ve said this in another review of her book before, but this will have to be all I say on the large and important topics front. Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by tackles some very serious problems of young marginalized people in a very heartfelt way. We start looking at completely different problems than in the first half, and at least I totally didn’t see it coming.As always, Catherine Ryan Hyde keeps me on my toes when reading her books. It’s kind of a little bit like two books? The first half is about a big event and its aftermath, but the second part turns the tables around – and the helper needs to be helped. Or rather, that that’s not all there is to it. When you start reading, you think you know – it’s about a missing girl and the story of how she is found and saved.īut… Then you find out that it’s not. As always, Catherine Ryan Hyde tackles big, painful and very relevant problems.Ī black and white photo of a young woman, sitting on a stone pillar, overlooking the sea, her backpack behind her (Image by SnapwireSnaps from Pixabay) What’s also interesting about Brave Girl, Quiet Girl is that you don’t really know what the book is about. The story deals with a lot of different prejudice, and the way people deal with it when they experience this prejudice. Just let me tell you that its about a lot of very big problems a very young, very vulnerable group of marginalized people face daily.Teens who are made homeless because of prejudice – teens who nobody will believe, because if you don’t have a home, you clearly had to do something to “deserve” it. It’s a great thing when youre reading it, but its pretty hard to write a convincing review! Catherine Ryan Hyde’s books tend to be like that a lot. Other than what I’ve already said in the blurb above, its really, really hard to tell you any more about this book without really spoiling it for you.And I mean, even one of the biggest topics, as it kind of comes as a twist later on in the book. But it always is!! Brave Girl, Quiet Girl was no exception – 5 stars: Click To Tweet Real Problems Marginalized Young People Face That Need To Be Talked About More Every time I start a book by I think, it seriously can’t be as good as the last one. And that is why it’s an absolute must-read. But that is not all… Because the end of one story prompts the unraveling of another one…īrave Girl, Quiet Girl is written in typical Catherine Ryan Hyde fashion and it exposes the worst, as well as the best of humanity and human relationships. ![]() And also the callousness, judgemental attitudes of the world – yet weirdly, alongside kindness and hope. The strenght a person can have, when it comes to protecting someone weaker than themselves. The development of a frayed, broken relationship that happens when people are exposed to sudden emotional, world-shattering trauma. The personal drama of a parent whose child is their whole world. And while the police look for the missing toddler, we get to see a lot of things happen. This child is found – by another child, well, a teen – only marginally less helpless than the first one. Something terrible happens to a mother and her toddler is lost. These are all reasons I am recommending you this book. It is heart-breaking to witness it, but it also shakes your world to see them learn to trust again. People who would rather suffer physically than open themselves up for the possibility of being abandoned and hurt again. There is so much love in Brave Girl, Quiet Girl.But it’s a fearful love – it’s the love of people who have been burnt and are afraid to trust again. Mostly prejudice, but also just plain human decency, empathy and the fear of opening up and being let down. I mean, how can an author consistently write brilliant, emotional, moving stories? Is it even possible? But you know what, I read them, and they turn out to be good one straight after the other. Every time I start a book by Catherine Ryan Hyde, I think, it seriously can’t be as good as the last one.
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