I didn't hate this book, but it wasn't like anything approaching good either; it was on the sliding into crap side of mediocre. Most of the time when I rate a book two stars, I didn't blazing hate it, but I strongly disliked it. Silence didn't really make me feel anything.The story is the tired old YA retread--teenage girl with troubled past discovers that she has special powers of the "I'm a f-ing snowflake" variety and is taunted by the mysterious, yet handsome newcomer at her school who knows more than he's telling. Yawn.Different? She has a support network that she actually relies upon and that is not full of frenemies. Bad? None of the relationships feel real. We are told that these are all (Oh god, I forgot her name, that's how generic this book is) Emma's friends, but Sagara never wrote them in such a way that I could actually believe in their connection. Odder, Eric and Chase just fall into the group like family, although they are clearly other--view all that oddly stilted witty banter. I can't decide if the dialogue was actually crap or if it was a failing of Alexandra Bailey's comatose performance. Most of plot revolves around Emma not being told what is happening to her for her own protection. Again, yawn. This book would have been so much better if Sagara had just put her cards on the table instead of trying to keep it suspensefully vauge. The result was a book I couldn't even begin to invest in. A little confusing at times but just the way I like it with enough information fed to the reader in little bits to keep it interesting and mysterious.The characters are quite nice to read about, even if Eric and Chase aren't as well developed yet - then again, there are reasons for that and I'm certain that more will be revealed about those two in the books to come.Michael was, frankly, fantastic. It has been a while since I read a book with an autistic character taking up such an important role but I definitely liked it. He is brilliant in his own way.The story itself was quite well portrayed and I'm curious to see how it will continue. And, may I just say, is it a blessing that for once there isn't an instant relationship between the male and female protagonists. It's refreshing, to say the least, to see that not every author feels the need to have characters instantly fall in love the second they lay eyes on each other.It's a shame that the rest of the trilogy isn't available yet, but looking forward to reading them!
Do You like book UC_Silence (2012)?
one of the best books I've read in a long time
—andytheax
