Say
What You Will
By: Cammie McGovern
Genre: YA fiction
Pages: 343
Published: 2014
Read: July
4.5 out of 5
This
book is referenced to being a cross between The
Fault in Our Stars by John Green and Eleanor
& Park by Rainbow Rowell. I
completely agree with the similarities of Eleanor
& Park, but I didn’t see much of TFiOS.
Rather I felt it was a sequel to Out of
My Mind by Sharon Draper. In that novel, Melody is an 11 year old confined
to a wheelchair, doesn’t have the ability to speak, but was extremely intelligent.
Amy shares all these characteristics, but is a high school senior and is desperately
seeking peer friendships and shows interest in boys and sex. I really enjoyed
the story and appreciated the idea McGovern introduced – that severely disabled
individuals desire intimate relationships and even sex. However, the reason I
only gave the book 4.5 stars versus 5 is because she takes the idea too far and
I started to feel that Amy was slimy and a slut. If you can get over that, I recommend
this book, especially to those that enjoyed Out
of My Mind.
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