The Silence Project by Carole Hailey blogtour

On Emilia Morris’s thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by her vow of silence, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her followers around the world burn themselves to death.

In the aftermath of what comes to be known as the Event, the Community’s global influence quickly grows. As a result, the whole world has an opinion about Rachel – whether they see her as a callous monster or a heroic martyr – but Emilia has never voiced hers publicly. Until now.

When she publishes her own account of her mother’s life in a memoir called The Silence Project, Emilia also decides to reveal just how sinister the Community has become. In the process, she steps out of Rachel’s shadow once and for all, so that her own voice may finally be heard.

My thoughts

I am a huge fan of dystopian style books and it’s hard to impress me with this type of book. I am more harsh when I read these books as I read so many of them in the past that they all just blend together. This book was unique and didn’t really have the same feel in fact in some ways at first it felt more like a memoir.

I found at times the writing was more difficult for me as I was reading back some of the chapters. While it made it hard at times as I was going back and forth it also ensures that what I was reading was also very detailed and also very good at keeping my attention.

While I did enjoy the book a lot it had a few parts which I just found very difficult to get through. I did think the writing style was vivid and had a flourish to it that is extremely attractive.

I think the story wasn’t really what I was expecting and I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining the book was.

The topics in this book is very sensitive and could easily trigger some people. Don’t get me wrong I don’t believe that trigger warnings are necessary as all the information is in the blurb. I did find that the topics were handled well and that the author was able to convey points that made you feel that they really understand it