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Title: Listen to the Silence by David W. Elliott ISBN: 0-451-06588-3 Publisher: New Amer Library (Mm) Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $4.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Chamber of Horrors
Comment: Timmy, the protagonist of this book is a 14-year-old boy serving time in a state institution which can best be described as a Chamber of Horrors.

Why Timmy is serving time there is never explained; he does, however provide a poetic narrative that makes the stark horror of his environment even more poignant.

Timmy is sexually abused in the institution; guards falsify his records so that he is placed on a mens' ward where he is used by inmates and staff alike.

There are more questions than answers in this book, but one can say that sentiment applies to real life.

The book is very upsetting and the writing does tend to ramble without remaining within a concrete framework. What ultimately cost this book some stars is that rambling writing style and the gaps in the telling.

Rating: 5
Summary: A book that makes you question yourself in every way.
Comment: This book is truly a masterpiece. This story allows you inside the world and the mind of an adolesent boy in a naturally confusing stage of life and an extraordinarily confusing envirionment. Written as the boy thinks, and much like anyone else thinks, it is easy to find yourself following the logic and resoning of those who's sanity is questionable. In turn, it almost makes you question your own sanity. I know that I did. When I first read this book, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It started by entering my life as a book that I got for very little cos it had an interesting title. It ended up changing my life. I know that sounds melodramatic, but it is true. It changed the way that I looked at life, and how I looked at myself. I recommend it only to brave souls who aren't afraid of what they might discover about themselves and the world around them.

Rating: 5
Summary: Amazingly real terror and fear of pain in life!
Comment: This book is written like most people think and really talk out loud to themselves. It is poetry and shame. Horror and fear. You feel every sence the writter wants to envelope you in. It is real writting! If you can get your hands on a copy, you should find a quiet and warm place and allow this stranger in.