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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Didn’t really like the pace. I think it was meant for a younger audience so that’s probably why I got bored.
This is the third YA novel I've read over the past few weeks. Thankfully, it restored my hope in the genre. It is funny, so funny I attempted to read excerpts aloud for my husband, and also sad and scary, and most of all real. I wanted to hug Ethan and shake some sense into him all at the same time. I wanted Caroline to make better choices. The characters were real, not some stereotypical teenager. Great book.
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ethan was kidnapped when he was 12, and now 4 years later, he's been found and returned home. With him was 11 year old autistic Dylan, whose sister Caroline is just trying to help get him back on track. She befriends Ethan in the hopes he can lend some clarity to the situation, but when he is unable to help, she finds she really likes being with him. The two form a very odd friendship, but it works for them. But when Ethan's memories come flooding back and he remembers what Caroline wants to know, he realizes this may cost him their friendship. .
This was a pretty decent, middle of the road read for me. I thought it was interesting how the author developed the two main characters and really made you think about how a kidnapping would impact the child as well as the families and that there are different ways to cope with traumatic experiences.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The drugs part I didn't care for and almost made me DNF it, but I had to ILL this version (cd audio) from another library, so I didn't want to waste their effort. Real review to come. Maybe.
Just the fact that the author thanks Autism $peaks, a hate group dedicated to “fixing” and eradicating autism, instead of enabling and supporting us, by neurotypicals - primarily abusive parents (if you want to get diversity or representation right, remember ‘nothing about us, without us’) should be a HUGE RED FLAG, that the book lives up to.
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated