Review: Slow start.... unexpected ending...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
The book has a very slow start & at some points, drags on and on and on. I almost gave up but I'm glad I didn't. The ending drained me emotionally. You will need a whole pack of Kleenex. I know I did. Those last chapters had me doing the "ugly cry" in my bed for the terrible, terrible loss. This book could easily have been 5 stars but I took away the points because of the extremely slow start & the way the story drags along the way. Also certain aspects of the narration about the disorder that Adam/ Simon suffers from didn't really seem plausible. I may not have experience nor knowledge but even to me, it seemed too simplistic. I would have loved a more realistic explanation of possible treatments. It is after all a very real disease & something we can all learn from.