The Weight of Silence

The Weight of Silence is about how two parents' daughters go missing. The girls are Calli and Petra and both are best friends. They just suddenly disappear in the middle of the night, and weren't in their bedrooms the next morning. Calli's father, Griff, is known to be violent and has anger problems so of course - he's the suspect. But did he really do it?

Calli and Petra's friendship is extremely strong and loving. Calli's a selective mute, meaning she chooses to not talk. That amazes me because I would not be able to do that at all. Petra notices how Calli doesn't ever talk and also how other kids in school make fun of her, and what does she do? She befriends Calli! She doesn't care about what the other kids think and she doesn't tease Calli just to be "cool". Petra is Calli's "voice" and together, even though they are not actually talking, they still know what the other one is thinking. I adore their friendship so much. Petra's a good friend and a good person in general.

This book is very suspenseful and I loved how each chapter had a different character's perspective. It helps you understand what's going on in each character's mind and also you can see why they react the way they do. It makes you able to emphasize with them. Another thing I noticed was that some chapters were in first person, while some was in third. I'm not exactly sure why the author did this, but I'm sure it was effective somehow.