by Jonathan Evison
Very slow. Made a better movie. Check it out on Netflix and save yourself the hours of tedium with this book.
[A Note: I've marked this with a spoiler because at times it refers to things which happen quite far along in the book, but any actual spoilers and specifics have been put in tags]. I have a particular pet hate about books: I really hate misleading blurbs. I hate blurbs which make really good li...
At times an adventurous road novel and others an examination of what it means to be crippled (both in terms of physical disability as well as being stuck in a rut with life), The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving displays Jonathan Evison's ability to weave together different elements into a complex...
Heartbreaking. Uplifting. Characters I want to find in real life to see what they are doing now. So good. Just read it. You won't be disappointed.
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-revised-fundamentals-of-caregiving.htmlThe Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is a story about living life in spite of its challenges and difficulties. Trevor is a nineteen year old who suffers from a form of muscu...
I loved it :)
I loved it :)
I started out feeling manipulated by the author. Protag Ben Benjamin becomes the personal care attendant to a gutsy teen Trev who has muscular dystrophy. If it isn't hard enough trying to maneuver through the teens years, Trev has the additional curse of failing health, life in a wheel chair, an ov...
Great Stuff. Johnny's books keep getting better and better. More later.
I loved it!The voice, plot, characters, and emotional range are all just perfect. I was torn between not wanting to stop reading and not wanting the story to end. An incredible exploration of the power of grief, love, and healing scattered with enough zany moments and quirky characters to keep it f...
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