I don't know how to separate my personal experiences from my feelings about this book. Some of it struck me as an accurate description of family life with Asperger's Syndrome, some did not. There were slight inaccuracies related to the diagnosis of AS versus classic autism that surprised me, given Picoult's reputation for solid research. I also didn't feel there was a satisfying resolution to the story. Too much was left up in the air, and the ending provided the reader with no revelation that he or she couldn't have deduced about halfway through the story.

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Not an easy read but worth persevering. ( )

Más allá del cociente intelectual de un genio, de su memoria fotográfica, sus citas cinematográficas o sus increíbles conocimientos sobre criminalística, lo que los demás ven en Jacob Hunt es su asperger, un síndrome que le impide interpretar de manera correcta las situaciones sociales. Su madre, Emma, una mujer divorciada en la cuarentena, ha construido la vida de su familia alrededor de las necesidades de su hijo mayor, aun a costa de su carrera y casi ignorando a su otro hijo, Theo. Pero, cuando la pequeña ciudad donde viven se ve sacudida por un terrible asesinato y la policía acude a interrogar a Jacob como sospechoso, todos esos comportamientos característicos del asperger se vuelven en su contra como una confesión de culpabilidad, y esa vida cuidadosamente labrada por Emma, y que tanto esfuerzo le ha costado, se viene abajo.

I thought this was very good. i had it as an audible and was very pleased with that aspect also. I do enjoy her books a lot ( )

And another one of hers that hooked me from the start. On this one I kind of saw the end coming and so it was a little uneventful at the end compared to some others for me. However, I really was fascinated by the inside look into a family with a child that has Asperger's. ( )