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House Rules
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Emma Hunt has pretty much sacrificed a large portion of her day-2-day life, if not all of it, to ensure her 18 year-old Asperger's son Jacob can live some sort of a normal life. It doesn't help that she hasn't noticed that her younger son Theo is acting out. When Jacob is arrested and out on trial for murder, she just can't see how his tics, inappropriateness, inability to make eye contact etc. won't make him look like he's behaving like a guilty person.
Although the characterisations and duress of living with, and rearing an Aspergers has been clearly well researched and is compelling reading, the premise of this read rests on police and court authorities not being aware of the plights of people with Aspergers, which to me is just way tooo unrealistic. A firm Three Star, 7 out of 12 from me.
2022 read
Although the characterisations and duress of living with, and rearing an Aspergers has been clearly well researched and is compelling reading, the premise of this read rests on police and court authorities not being aware of the plights of people with Aspergers, which to me is just way tooo unrealistic. A firm Three Star, 7 out of 12 from me.
2022 read
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September 3, 2022
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September 3, 2022
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September 3, 2022
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mystery-its-a-mystery
September 9, 2022
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Sep 10, 2022 04:59AM
Baba, I usually like Picoult books. i think Ill skip this one. Great review!
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Amina wrote: "Baba, I usually like Picoult books. i think Ill skip this one. Great review!"Thanks Amina... the huge plot-hole jarred me throughout!
Great review, Baba! Sorry this one fell a bit short in the realism department.
Yun wrote: "Great review, Baba! Sorry this one fell a bit short in the realism department."Thanks Zun. Picoult has set such a high watermark for her 'dilemma dramas' :)
Doesn't sound like her best work. A fair review!
Tina wrote: "Doesn't sound like her best work. A fair review!"Cheers Tina, yeah, she dropped the baton in this one.
Thank you for your honest review Baba. I am a fan of Jodi Picoult, but she has had a few "misses" unfortunately, and this sounds like one of those!
Chrissie wrote: "Thank you for your honest review Baba. I am a fan of Jodi Picoult, but she has had a few "misses" unfortunately, and this sounds like one of those!"Thanks Chrissie, I do find more misses in her later works, and more hits in her earlier ones :)
