Rachel B. (travnray) reviewed on 11/10/2010 + 182 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I liked this book at first, but the author became very irritating, very quickly. She forgets that the target audience is most likely parents of children with autism, and she explains everything in mind numbing detail, and frankly, I think that she is the most egotistical autism mom whom I have ever read about. She spends a paragraph talking about a food alergy that she discovers her boy has, but an entire chapter detailing a fight that she has with her husband oversomething stupid. Another time she goes on about the "cocktail dress, and heels" that she was wearing at the time of her son's disappearance. (hello?) Plus, she whines about being so tired and having to invest so much energy into hiring people to take care of her boy for her, so that she can run to the grocery store without him. Yeah, she totally bugs. Furthermore, I'm amazed that she even named the book, "A Real Boy", It must have been the publisher that talked her out of, "The Greatest Autism Mom on the Face of God's Green Earth. . . Oh Yeah, and Her Son, Too". She even has a rating system, "How good of an autism mom are you?" And she judges the moms that have taken her under their wing and helped her out, and she suggests you rate yourself as well. Yeah, that's what I need. More criticism.
Sorry, getting a little carried away here. IMO- Skip this one.

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