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A review by purple_reads
Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks
4.0
This book was really fun to read. However, the description of the book is a bit misleading. It hints that it’ll be based around an anger management class, but there’s really not much about it. Nevertheless, it’s a key stage in the story that helps a lot with Emily and Jake’s character development.
One thing I really liked about the book was Alfie’s POV. I absolutely loved reading about the world how he sees it. It makes him seem so innocent and you just can’t help but feel sympathy for him. Alfie was definitely my favourite person/thing in/about the book - he made it so much more entertaining.
I enjoyed how throughout the book the characters changed and got themselves into a happier place. It’s nice to FINALLY read a book that has, proper, character development and not one where people somehow change overnight.
Also, I really like how it touches on mental disabilities (if that’s the word, sorry if anyone gets offended). It shows us that you can get through problems that certain young children may have. Alfie’s PDA (no not that kind, it stands for Demand Avoidance, it’s on the Autism spectrum) and his OCD gets noticed and I love how his family finally realise how scary the world is to him and that they help him more to make his way through life.
Stars ~ 4
One thing I really liked about the book was Alfie’s POV. I absolutely loved reading about the world how he sees it. It makes him seem so innocent and you just can’t help but feel sympathy for him. Alfie was definitely my favourite person/thing in/about the book - he made it so much more entertaining.
I enjoyed how throughout the book the characters changed and got themselves into a happier place. It’s nice to FINALLY read a book that has, proper, character development and not one where people somehow change overnight.
Also, I really like how it touches on mental disabilities (if that’s the word, sorry if anyone gets offended). It shows us that you can get through problems that certain young children may have. Alfie’s PDA (no not that kind, it stands for Demand Avoidance, it’s on the Autism spectrum) and his OCD gets noticed and I love how his family finally realise how scary the world is to him and that they help him more to make his way through life.
Stars ~ 4