I read this book in just a couple of hours. The writing is what told the story for me. This book is really well written and it reads like an old fable mixed with beautiful poetry. I loved that the main guy character, Pancho, wanted to be a poet. It fit in so well with the tempo of the story.

Sofia is a girl with the world on her shoulders. She has so much pressure and weight from her family, village, and everyone really that it's amazing that she is as strong as she is. It's strange because the village love and revere her so much, yet she is so isolated. It is such a lonely life for her and I found myself hoping and hoping that she could find happiness somewhere.

What I really liked about this story is that it is realistic. It is not overly dramatic or unrealistically happy. Sometimes tragedy happens and sometimes situations do not work out the way we planned. But it is how we respond to this situations that define us and Sophia and Pancho responded so well to the hand of cards that they were dealt. I also liked that even though some hard/sad things happened to the characters, they were strong enough and positive enough to still find happiness. They made their own happiness.

The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind is such a nice, quick read. To me, it is like a fable with its own wise message to send on to the readers. Give it a shot, and I think you will be happy you did. I came away from this story with a very satisfied and hopeful feeling.