Review: An Amazing Author (spoiler alert...)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
Wow.  I finished this book in one sitting; it was just too good to put down.  Russ Woody, author of Effed Up, is an amazing writer.  This book has some of the best character development I have ever read.  The author paints a picture with words so vivid that you can see the characters and feel their emotions coming off the page.The dysfunctional family is a pretty common theme, but in this book, it is taken to a whole new level.  The main character is the focal point of the insanity of his family as they all look to him to clean up their emotional baggage.  Woody has captured the essence of family history, where a look, a word, even a sigh can unleash a whole cascade of intense emotions between members of the same family.The book is both funny and achingly sad.  Looking at the missed opportunities as well as the pain and suffering parents can inflict on their children, I am glad that in the end there was a happily ever after.