Book Review: All The Truth That's In Me

NOT what I expected, but pretty darn good!

All the Truth That's in Me

Julie Berry

Judith and her best friend disappeared for two years from her small village.  When Judith shows up two years later with her tongue cut out, the extremely religious community shuns her and sees her as an abomination rather than befriending and supporting her after her trauma.

Judith experienced much in those two years, and finally, she is starting to accept what happened to her, with the support of her brother, and her newly married friend.  The past is not what she thought, and what happened to her murdered friend is not what anyone imagined.

I loved this book like crazy.  I originally read the summary and thought, "oh, that sounds interesting. Might be a murder-mystery."  While it was mildly this, there is a whole back story that is unraveled, perfectly timed by the author.  You are left yelling at the people of the village for ignoring and making fun of Judith instead of showing compassion after having her tongue cut out, and as far as they know, raped.  

Judith stays strong, and dedicated to the boy she loves, and when one young woman finally befriends her, Judith begins to change and realize she CAN speak, albeit strange and hard to understand.  She faces what happened to her in those two years and gains the strength to save her village, and herself.

This book will leave you hanging--you won't stop reading it, if you can help it.