The Fine Art of Keeping Quiet

When Jolia is failing her speech class, due to her shyness and anxiety of speaking, she is forced to join the speech team. This forces her to face her fears of public speaking and make new friends along the way. It even gives her a chance to find love. This was an okay read, nothing special. A lot o......more

A brilliant work. Moving, relatable, entertaining, thought-provoking. Beautiful. Charity Tahmaseb: I wish your book had existed when I was fifteen. With that said, I think The Fine Art of Keeping Quiet can (and should) appeal to a wide audience, even to people like this particular reader who, for the......more

I received a free copy of a box set with this book in exchange for an honest review. Sophomore Jolia does the one thing no one expects from the girl who has perfected the art of keeping quiet. She joins the speech team. She keeps her reasons to herself, though. The trouble is, her secrets soon hurt t......more

This had many of the elements of contemporary YA literature that I dislike: the pretty girl who doesn't know she's pretty, the boy who solves her problems and gives her her confidence back, all the girls outside the main character's circle were horrible, etc. (Well, so was her best friend. That girl......more

I'm from a different country and older. I've never heard of "speech class" or "speech competitions". Giving the same speech week after week at competition seems strange. Nevertheless, it was a good story that helped Jolia overcome her fear of public (any) speaking that she had developed when she got......more