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A review by muddypuddle
The Language Inside by Holly Thompson
4.0
This book certainly had many layers, and many, many themes. One of those books that keeps you thinking. Imagine having a stroke in your 30s that only allows you to move your eyeballs? Imagine living in America, being an American, and having half of your thoughts and dreams in another country? And then on top of that, having your mom very ill, prognosis uncertain. Tsunami devastation in Japan, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Japanese and Cambodian dance, volunteering in a rehabilitation center, living in a new culture and missing the old one as well as living with immobilizing migraines...well that's a lot for one book. But it works. Beautifully.
This book was written in verse and included a lot of references to poetry, which was wonderful. But some of the verses in the book did not flow well, for me, as I read them (of course, some did). Line breaks and page breaks seemed to come in weird places. Was it the way it was edited or the way it was written? No matter, the story was extremely well done.
This book was written in verse and included a lot of references to poetry, which was wonderful. But some of the verses in the book did not flow well, for me, as I read them (of course, some did). Line breaks and page breaks seemed to come in weird places. Was it the way it was edited or the way it was written? No matter, the story was extremely well done.