Muted
Ratings4
Average rating3.8
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Ratings4
Average rating3.8
A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds! Be bold. Get seen. Be Heard.For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown.So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Ellis. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights -- plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it.Until they're not.Denver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken.Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her -- and what it takes to fight back.
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THIS BOOK GOT ME CRYING AT WORK
This book took me completely by surprise. I was initially intrigued by this because it gave me grown (by tiffany d. jackson) vibes. They both talk about the dark side of the music industry. But they're both so different.
Muted follows Denver and her two friends as they want to make it big. And with the help of Rap legend Sean “Mercury” Ellis, they will surely get there. But, things fall into place a little too easily. And the question, How far are you willing to go to make your dreams come true?
This is a story of a girl trying to make her dreams come true, survive, and figuring out her sexuality. Please go into this book with caution. I wish i would've known about certain themes before going into it. I was really triggered by the fatphobic & diet/ed themes in this book. I still recommend this book if you think you won't be affected by any of the themes I mention in the Content Warning section in the end of my review.
rep: Haitian Lesbian MC, Dominican Queer LI, Black Side characters
CW: physical & mental abuse, fatphobia, forced dieting, eating disorder, gaslighting, drug use, alcohol abuse, assault, saying queer a relationship is just a phase, rape, pedophilia, blood, kidnapping, death, gun violence.
sorry but i just can't vibe with a lesbian of colour being raped, held captive, abused and then murdered
