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Reviewed by Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite
No Voice is a book of poetry written by Sarah Callus. Each chapter title gives a brief indication of what the author was feeling at the time of writing – poems such as Broken, Be the Lighthouse, Crack of Light, Lost, No Voice, The Girl in the Cardboard Box, and Final Words. Although in a hard place at the time, Sarah Callus found a light within, having dug deep inside her own soul to see a potential positive outcome of the situation she had been facing at that particular time. The raw and heartfelt emotion in each poem, along with the experience creating it and the lessons learned are incredibly complex. With such a unique insight into the trials and tribulations in the author’s life, I was impressed by the strength Sarah Callus has shown, intricately detailed in order to bare her heart and soul to the reader.
While each poem (and their accompanying explanations and words of advice) is, in some cases, quite shocking albeit inspirational, the introduction to Sarah’s book especially hit home for me. When I became Deaf, it was not until I started writing that I had finally found my voice. As such, I am able to understand completely when Sarah advises her readers not to bottle things up, not to be invisible, and not to be silent. Even if the only way you can let your emotions out is by writing them down, do it, expressing everything which sound cannot. Release it, and break the dam’s wall of pent-up bad emotions which might be holding you back or causing you grief.
I loved No Voice and recommend it to readers of all ages, whether you consider yourself to be a poetry buff or not. If you’ve ever felt low, unheard, misunderstood, or angry that nobody seems to get what you are feeling, this is the perfect book to help you see the world in a better light.
