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Loading... A Silent Voice, Volume 4: Words of Reassuranceby Yoshitoki Oima
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Shoya, Shoko, and others have a fun/awkward day at an amusement park. Naoka tries (unsuccessfully) to reunite Shoya and an old school friend of his. She also tries to talk to Shoko, but Shoya later learns that it went badly, with I liked this volume more than the previous one, because at least the second half was less strained and awful-feeling. I prefer this series when it really digs into the characters' thoughts and lives, and this volume provided a deeper look at the women who raised Shoko and Yuzuru. I still don't really like Shoko and Yuzuru's mom (using sign language at the dinner table is “indecent,” according to her), but this volume left me feeling like I understood her a bit better. Still, thank goodness Shoko and Yuzuru's grandma was warm, gentle, and supportive towards them, because their mother sure wasn't. Ugh. I am still frustrated with the way this series is avoiding Shoko's POV. The conversation at the amusement park indicated that there's definitely more going on there than she usually lets people see. (Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) no reviews | add a review
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"Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?"--Provided from Amazon.com. No library descriptions found. |
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In this volume, the gang goes to the carnival fair for rides and food. Noaka and Shoko ride the ferris wheel and have an unpleasant interaction. This volume dives a little into the Nishimiya Family’s past - how they reacted to finding out Shoko was deaf and how their mother became a single mom. It also shows how kind and gentle granny is.
This volume shows my deeper hatred for Naoka. I don’t understand how everyone is still dealing with her and her ridiculousness. I’m hoping there may be some kind of character redemption arc or something but I’m not holding my breath for it either…
We also learn so much more about Granny and her relationship with the women of the Nishimiya’s family and it’s so heartbreaking.
Still can’t wait for the next volume. I’m just glad I found them after they all came out, but having to wait after each volume would have been a killer. ( )