The Girl With the Louding Voice

Written By Tanya Ahmed
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The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Reviewed by Tanya
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What an amazing book written by Abi Daré who transports you into Adunni’s life struggles as well as her triumphs!

I’ve not read many books this year but this definitely has to be one of my favourites! The writing flows so easily and you’ll find yourself rooting for Adunni and all her dreams from page 1.

The story is told in Adunni’s broken English, which I thought would annoy me but you learn to love it especially as her grasp of the English language improves.

Adunni is a 14 year old girl who is sold to a much older man who wanted a younger wife to provide him with a son - but this was not Adunni’s dream. Her dream was to go to school, become a teacher and give back to her community. Her late mother constantly encouraged her to follow her dreams and find her “louding voice”.

With all the abuse she goes through, from her husband’s first wife, big Madame...she never gives up and never loses her light. You see Adunni grow to become a stronger woman.

This honestly was a beautiful book. From little touches like the Nigerian book of facts or Adunni’s bravery throughout, there’s a take home message for everyone. A must read! 💛

Tanya Ahmed

Soy Tanya. I’m the youngest of the group...and I don’t really know what to say except that I find these things really awkward. When Linda first came to me with this idea of an online bookclub/review page I was 100% down, although I was a little worried and felt like backing out on many occasions as I felt like my reviews were awful - I’m not good with words at all. If anyone was to ask me a year ago how I found a book, I’d reply: “good” - that’s my review done. But being part of this club with such amazing girls has really made me a lot more confident and comfortable. So I’ll forever be grateful. It’s always a laugh when we’re together, we are guaranteed to get side-tracked but our meetings are always productive and a lot of fun. This is just the beginning for us. I like reading all kinds of books from different genres but prefer romance/YA. With work being full on I like feel-good books that are light and easy. I’m currently in the middle of reading a few books lol but sticking to The Zanzibar Wife by Rebecca Rodriquez. Reading for me is a form of escapism, just getting away from the stress of real life and getting lost in book and falling in love with characters. I can’t list my top 5 or even top 10 so here are a few of my all-time favourites: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo To all the boys I’ve loved before by Jenny Han, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseeini, The Forty Rules of Love by Shafa Kelif Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith and Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan.

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