Louder by Kate Asquith

 Louder by Kate Asquith is a book about activism and how young adults (teenagers) can find and use their voices and creativity to help make a change in today's society. This book looks at the range of different activism methods which are available to use whilst explaining in great detail the method, the strengths and limitations to offer a fully informative book.

I liked the idea of this book, which to me, was helping the readers find their voices and provide them with a self-help guide to activism. What activism is, why it is important and how to become an activist. Although the book does touch on these topics, it could have gone into much more detail about how to be an Activist and provided much more information and tips. I also loved the book's layout, which was creative but well-formatted and not over the top.

However, when reading this book a few issues kept coming back to me. Firstly, I am really puzzled about what this book's target market is. At times the content seemed too in-depth and detailed for younger children and teenagers but at other times it seemed too young for older teenagers. There is a potential it may be suitable for teenagers in the middle, but from the teenagers I see at schools, I think very few of them would want to read this book, considering that the majority of the younger generation do not want to read at all in this increasing digitalized world. Furthermore, this book at times goes over the top with political correctness, which on the one hand many younger individuals would not understand all of it at this level of detail.

Therefore, I rate this book 2 stars making it an alright/good book. This is because the topic of the book is very good and provides some really good information, but at times the book goes into too much detail in areas which may be more suitable for another book and in my opinion it either confuses the target market or tries to write for a target market which is far too broad. I would like to say a big thank you to NetGalley and in particular Collins Reference publishers for inviting me to read this book, I am greatly appreciative of this opportunity.