BOOK REVIEW: Just Listen – Sarah Dessen
Annabel Greene is the “popular” girl at school, ie. the girl who has it all. When anorexia nearly kills her sister, things in her life start to fall apart. Shortly after that, she is accused of sleeping with her best friends boyfriend when actually he was trying to rape her. She becomes the social outcast at her school and ends up eating her lunch in front of a brick wall alongside another outcast; Owen, who is obsessed with music. They then develop a close relationship, and Annabel starts wondering if he can change her world so that it becomes more like the way it was. Can he help her forget everything and start over?
Although this book is quite short, the length doesn’t begin to capture the amount of feeling that is expressed. There is intrigue, anguish and anxiety, alongside happiness, romance and friendship, and all of these emotions mesh together to create an exciting read.
The dialog between Owen and Annabel makes the reader feel like he/she is in their shoes. The fact that the book is set in first person makes the characters easy to relate to and understand.
I liked this book and found it a very easy read. I would recommend it to ages 11-15.
Alice Morgan
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