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A review by soniagracelm
Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son by Buzz Bissinger
3.0
Full review can be found at: http://darkladyreviews.tumblr.com/post/33399078390/review-of-fathers-day-by-buzz-bissinger
Since Buzz recounts his difficulties in accepting Zach’s condition we see the internal struggle he goes through every time Zach shows obvious signs of his condition. What he doesn’t spend any time on is speculation as to what Zach thinks about when he’s clearly hiding his condition to save his father’s feelings. Buzz does an excellent job of recounting his own struggles, but barely says anything about Zach’s. For a memoir supposedly about his son, he doesn’t spend a lot of time analyzing his emotional state. He portrays Zach as emotionally flat, only occasionally registering a vague like or dislike for something.
Since Buzz recounts his difficulties in accepting Zach’s condition we see the internal struggle he goes through every time Zach shows obvious signs of his condition. What he doesn’t spend any time on is speculation as to what Zach thinks about when he’s clearly hiding his condition to save his father’s feelings. Buzz does an excellent job of recounting his own struggles, but barely says anything about Zach’s. For a memoir supposedly about his son, he doesn’t spend a lot of time analyzing his emotional state. He portrays Zach as emotionally flat, only occasionally registering a vague like or dislike for something.