Review: Thought invoking
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.I have to say at first I was so very confused about a lot of the words and phrases being used. I even Googled some haha! Well, once I got it into my head that these are the words of a boy who has never spoken, and cannot verbally communicate with the outside world I was able to follow the story better. I just felt so sad for Adam, I can not imagine living in a world where no one understands your needs or wants and you can also not understand them. Adam had such a beautiful tale of what his family looked to him. I loved how as time passed he'd describe his sister and the changes she was going through. His brother, how he had changed. I liked how he sensed the differences in his life even though he was not understanding his own changes, to him, he was always the same. This made me so sad, just knowing that he was in this endless cycle of his life and never saw that. This book really puts mental illness into a whole new perspective. Things we think of, or care about in our lives, are so much different than what Adam depended on. All he ever depended on was his family to stay the same, his Pom Pom Parlars and his watching.I was so sad at the end when he was in a living facility and I am thinking, that his dad died? It was never said specifically, but I am pretty sure that's what happened. It was just so amazing the difference in reading Adam's reaction to his family being sad and how it would affect others.This was a really good book. I am glad I was given the chance to read it.