Soundless~ Reviewed by Hailey Hinrichs

 

 

 

"Some things don't need words. Sometimes it's enough to just feel. You don't have to label and articulate all that's around you."

 

           Fei has lived in a village that is soundless. For as long as she can remember the village has been silent due to everyone being deaf and sign language being the only any of communicating. But when her sister Zhang Jing and many other people in her village soon start loosing their sight, their village is in even more trouble then before. Living off little food as it is, rations are cut short from the supply line running up to their village on a mountain. With little silver being produced from blind and elderly miners, the villages finds less and less food coming and it seems like everyone will soon die of starvation if something isn't done.

            But one night, Fei wakes up to a strange sound. It has to be a dream, right? No one has been able to hear anything in decades, so how can she finally hear things? She sees this as her opportunity to do something about the food supply being cut short, and with the help of Li Wei, a young miner who just lost his father, she sets out to find the Line Keeper and beg for more food to be sent. Though they seek more food Fei and Li Wei discover a power that can save her village.

 

            I liked this book! I thought it was different because we never really think about what life would be like without being to hear or see until it actually happens. This book definitely makes you realize how much we take simples senses for granted. The way Richelle Mead can even make sound and sight sound so beautiful was definitely interesting. We can really take sound and sight for granted and this book really shows you the ways life could be like without it. I really liked the characters and how there was an interesting story behind each character. There were definitely parts that caught me off guard and they were really good and made me want to keep reading. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone I know.