Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend during her childhood, and is thus a bit of an outsider in her sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale. Still, Kami hasn’t suffered too much from not fitting in. She has a best friend, runs the school newspaper, and is only occasionally caught talking to herself. Her life is in order, just the way she likes it, despite the voice in her head.
But all that changes when the Lynburns return.
The Lynburn family has owned the spectacular and sinister manor that overlooks Sorry-in-the-Vale for centuries. The mysterious twin sisters who abandoned their ancestral home a generation ago are back, along with their teenage sons, Jared and Ash, one of whom is eerily familiar to Kami. Kami is not one to shy away from the unknown—in fact, she’s determined to find answers for all the questions Sorry-in-the-Vale is suddenly posing. Who is responsible for the bloody deeds in the depths of the woods? What is her own mother hiding? And now that her imaginary friend has become a real boy, does she still love him? Does she hate him? Can she trust him?
MY THOUGHTS
Unspoken is essentially about a Kami Glass, an aspiring reporter and a bit of an oddball in her small town. This is in part because she is often seen talking to herself. This habit is because she still has her imaginary friend, Jared, and he talks to her in her head. When the most prominent family in her town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, the Lynburn family make their return, Kami wants to use the opportunity to investigate. This gets tricky when she finds mutilated animals in the woods and her once imagery friend makes a real-life appearance.
The "imaginary friend" aspect of the book was what originally caught my attention and it was done very well and uniquely. The character's personalities were also fantastic! They played so well off of one another and they all had their own details that were uniquely their own. Since the book does occasionally follow other characters, this was helpful. Kami as the main character was very strong-willed. By "strong-willed" I do not mean that she was a warrior girl, but she was not afraid to jump into odd situations and investigate. Even though she did not seem to see herself as a sociable person, she was also extraordinary at getting others to help out and rally. She was also extremely witty.
This book includes many humorous moments in part because of the witty characters. Since I've read other books by Sarah Rees Brennan and have met her in person, I know that this is very much how she is and writes. Sometimes this added entertainment value to the story and helped relieve tension, but other times it made it very difficult for me to take the events happening seriously because the characters kept being witty. Even though the characters were dynamic, this also for some reason made me feel distant from the characters. It's hard to explain, but their oddly humorous reactions and ability to crack a witty retort with ease made then feel less like real people.
Likewise, there were multiple occasions when something seemed important, but again the character seemed to be chill about it or it was never mentioned again. For instance, magical creatures start to appear in the woods slowly through the book, but the characters react indifferently to them and after continuing the series, I saw no further instances of this happening nor was there a sufficient explanation.
There was little to no romance in this book. There were hints of possible romance, but there was no acting on them in this book and there was a strong focus on friendship, which I prefer. I will say that the next book does include romance. That's all I'll say.
IN CONCLUSION
Overall I am okay with this book but it did not pull on my emotions like it did with other readers. The premise and the characters were interesting, I just had trouble with some of the oddities in the novel.
MY ORIGINAL REVIEW
When I first saw the cover I was like this...
It's so pink and original!
It's both awesome and creepy AT THE SAME TIME!!!!
AND THE IDEA!!!
Two people that can read each other's minds?! That are basically imaginary friends of each other?!!
But then I realized that the book wasn't out yet...
(I should get points for having 2 doctor who gifs!)
A few months of impatiently waiting and I FINALLY GOT THE BOOK!!!!
And it was worth it!! (although, I would've have been much happier if I had gotten the book earlier *glares at release date*)
This was a fun book!
It was FULL OF funny moments! XD
And I loved the characters, Kami wasn't afraid of people thinking that she's insane! Now that is the right way of thinking!
You might be wondering though...
"Why did you give this book 4 stars?
If you liked it so much, why not give it 5 or 200?
Well, first off, sometimes this book got too fun (yes, there is such a thing) so when something serious happened you just couldn't take it seriously.
Secondly, there were a lot of moments that made you go "What was the point of that?" because there was no point to that moment, it was just some random thing thrown in there for the heck of it!
BUT IN CONCLUSION!!!!!!
This was a really fun read XD
I hereby give this book...
3.5 Stars
Meaning: It was not quite amazing
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