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Summary: Speak On..Speak On..My sisters speak on..
Review: Let me just tell you right off the bat, if you haven't picked up Ophelia Speaks stop typing and go to your local book store! This book was filled with everything! I ..I can't put it into words it was great! It's not a novel or a sad love story, it's LIFE! This book is filled with diffrent aspects on life and the cause and effect on dealing with real life. I loved every story! You may not relate to every story, but it makes you look at yourself diffrently. For example the story about the young lady that was a lesbain, but no one knew it, not even her boyfriend. I can't relate to being gay and hiding it, but I can relate to her on a diffrent level. We all hide something in our lives and walk around like it's nothing and I believe that was the focus or point of choosing that short story and all the short stories. They all have a place for everyone and it shines right through in this book! I recommend it to adults and teenagers. Why is it for all age group? Well because even though it may stick to one age group, even adults can find or remember being young and fighting the everyday battle of life. Get this book..it truly will capture your soul!
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Summary: What about moms?
Review: Having read both "Reviving Ophelia" and "Ophelia Speaks," I am dismayed that mothers are frequently discussed but never given the opportunity to speak directly. Then again, in Hamlet Ophelia's mother wasn't included either.While I found Pipher and Shandler's books insightful and interesting, I want to hear the mother's perspective.
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Summary: Finally, some harsh reality!
Review: I absoloutely loved this book. I loved it's frankness and honesty. The section on media-fed images and eating disorders touched me so deeply. It's great to feel my silent observations so realistically and truthfully told as I never could! Thank you Sara, for this remarkable book
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This book goes deep into the soul of teenage girls facing so many tribulations and tragedies.I can completely relate to the girls,and love reading it!(Great job,Sara!)
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Summary: It's the most realistic book
Review: My counsler just started a group for girls to express thier feelings about school, boys, or anything. She has read us alot of the stories some of us cried. I would rate this book even more stars if I could. I would definetly reccomend this book.
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Summary: Sara amazes me
Review: I mus have read her book 5 times, and it still sends shivers down my spine, it's so true with only the facts, Sara's commentary shook me so did all the different Ophelia's in the book, i maybe a little biased b/c i personally have experenced the wonder that is Sara Shandler, being a member of the organization that she was president of, and i have heard her speeches and intently listened to loved ones praise her, and that if nothing else should give you reason to read this amazing woman's book, but if taht does not change your mind then the fact that this is a beautiful book that should be read by all girls across the country should!
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Summary: Teenage girls will understand.
Review: I asked for Opehila Speaks for Christmas. When I started reading the introduction that day I felt that I could relate myself to the editor Sara Shandler. As a teenage girl of 15 I've expereinced some of the things the other girls have. There are times in my life where I've felt lonely and scared and at the same time I've had those innocent crushes on the boy you sit behind in history class. I cried during a few of the stories wanting to tell those girls that I had felt those very same emotions. In my eyes they were speaking for me when I didn't have the voice to speak. For all those people that looked at this book negatively it was becasue they saw it for what it didn't have not what it did have. They may have had the perfect childhood and couldn't understand the worst parts of life. I think that most teenage girls will read it and understand it, which is why I recommend this for every girl/woman for eleven up.
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Summary: "Ophelia" did speak to me.
Review: I really liked this book...mostly because it was REAL to me. I'm from small town america, I am 15 years old, and in some of these stories, I heard my own voice. The book dealt with some issues that I see in my life, and others around me's lives. I don't deal with all the issues in the books, but knowing that other people have similar problems reassured me. We are not all so different...people put too much stock in uniqueness. On the inside we all have similar wants and desires, we want the same things from life. We want to be better people than we are, I felt that was a basic theme of the book. As humans, or at least as teenage girls, we aren't satisfied with who we are. I thought _Ophelia Speaks_ gave an accurate picture of teenage emotions. Not all teenagers deal with these sort of problems, but I think that most do at some point, to some degree. It's not for everyone, I'm sure...the writing not professional, but it is brutally honest, and I find the honesty extremely admirable...sometimes more so than professionalism.
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Summary: Teenagers Can't Write As Well
Review: I felt like other teenage girls and I could relate to the book easily. I think the main weakness of the book is that the girls didn't write very well. I don't think this should really be surprising, though, considering none of them have been formally taught. Reviving Ophelia was more interesting to me because it felt much more unrestricted.
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Summary: OK
Review: I am a teenage girl, but I felt I could relate to few of the stories. I identified with the ones about self image and friendship, but that was about it. I'll be the first to tell you that it isn't easy to be a teenager, but this book dwells only on the negative parts of the teenage years and fails to identify anything positive. However, there were some cute stories and well written poems, but all in all I was somewhat disappointed.
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