Also, Martin has to learn to deal with all the different reactions of ordinary people to his terrible injuries. The ending didn't really feel like an ending to me, and I would have liked to see this book expanded.

Even once I’d been absorbed into the story line, I didn’t enjoy it much, although I did appreciate that the large print made it easy for me to power through it.Having listened to (and loved) another of Zephaniah’s audiobooks (also narrated by Bailey Smith) I was really looking forward to this one, and I was not disappointed. The writing itself felt a bit flat and dragged on in places, and sometimes I had trouble picking it up. And then there was the part where Zephaniah said it was a Friday, and in the following scene it was “the next day” and still Friday, somehow. Benjamin Zephaniah is a British performance poet who travels on literary world tours for the British Council. The holidays have started, he’s got a gorgeous girlfriend and everyone agrees he’s the coolest dancer around.

Stimulating activities in the book and a free downloadable scheme of work available to download on publication. Plot-wise, it follows the story of a kid who gets into a car accident and who badly injures his face. You have to be careful what you say and who you say it to on the streets of Martin's neighbourhood - not that Martin is particularly racist: 'I ain't got nothing against blacks, they're just different, they dance different and everything. Face by Benjamin Zephaniah is an interesting, compelling and emotional story that tackles social problems about physical disfigurement.While the sentiment of the story is nice enough (I really could not think of a more fitting word than 'nice'), the prose was a little stilted for me and there were some odd moments of characterisation that didn't endear me towards anyone in particular. In this startling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, the author tackles the moving and compelling story of a young man, Martin, whose life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a joyriding accident. If you are looking for something grounded in reality which manages to perfectly balance issues around discrimination and prejudice towards appearance, race, culture, and personal interest, then this is a MUST read. meh 🤔🤔🤔🤔 o sea lo leí en inglés y está bueno porque tiene vocabulario y eso pero la historia medio que no me enganchó taaanto. Face was okay, but it wasn’t Zephaniah’s best – it was a little too preachy, too much like a moral tale, and it took me a while to get into it.

Overall Face is a very good book I would recommend to anyone who wants to read a moving story that’s stand up against social norms. Even though the book did not meet my expectations of some crazy story (but that's not a problem with the book but with my assumptions) I still loved it when I realised it wasn't going where I'd assumed. When he finds out that his girlfriend and bestfriends had moved on, he realises that for some people life isn't always easy. The book however did tell more than show the reader the events which made the book a bit less enjoyable.This was a powerful read, highlighting the subject of image and other people's reaction to disfigurement. A local author reignited my love of reading at a difficult time in my younger years, which has now set me up to fall in love with stories again. I like that the author didn't shy away from anything, and it was an honest portrayal of what burn victims have to go through. Being a short novel, I think everything was carefully played out and I very much enjoyed the contrast between what Martin had been before and after the accident.