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Raising an Autistic Child. Johnny Do [3] [4]. Mister Fantastic Reed Richards [6]. Raymond "Ray" Babbitt [12] [13]. Shane Costello [14] [15]. Randall Eberlin [16] [17]. Sally Matthews [18] [19]. Cries from the Heart. Henry and Verlin [22]. Molly McKay [30] [31]. Vernon Jackson [35] [36]. That is how this book is. The aut This book was recommended to me by a friend.

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The author did little to no research about law, psychosis, and several other elements in the book. The writing was rudimentary at best. Repetitive usage of the same adjectives and hyperbole. If I never hear the phrase "her words are bullets. Try being more descriptive? The tense in which she decided to write did not flow with her style of writing.

It was awkward, but my biggest complaint is that she spent absolutely no time developing a foundation for a relationship between the characters. She has a best friend that is unbelievable and forced as a best friend. She has a son with whom she loves dearly, but the reader is only the told this, and never quite feels or believes it. She has a lover who goes from one night stand to love of her life in the span on 24 hours. It can happen, but van Heugten did not make me believe it.

Some of the characters were distractions or unnecessarily rude without any sense of what drives them or complexity. Some of the character background Georgia and her family was pointless and distracting. The court system does not work that way. Law enforcement does not work that way.

Judges don't, lawyers don't, nurses and doctors don't. It takes a suspension of reality to just go with it, but I have to admit that I spent most of my time rolling my eyes and shaking my leg in restlessness. Even with the unbelievability of it all, the courtroom scenes are the best--even though they are entirely too drawn out. Danielle is a good lawyer so we are told over and over, but only glimpse it here. The ending is suspenseful, and actually quite good--but that does not save this book from being a bad read.

All in all, if you could read only the diagnoses scene and the very end, you would not have missed much. View all 3 comments. Mar 27, Wanda rated it really liked it Shelves: Okay now I need to write a review about this book even though I decided not to finish reading it. Danielle has a high function autistic son who has asperger's. Now autism is a disorder that is not contagious and it affects 1 out of children born today. Like Danielle's son my son is extremely high functioning as well. Danielle explains how her son was a sweet boy. How he was lovable and sweet.

She explained Okay now I need to write a review about this book even though I decided not to finish reading it. She explained how close they were, before he reaches his teenage years where things change from bad to worst. All this reminds me of my own son, except the bad to worst part because my son is still young. Now the fact that this book is about a mom and her autistic son is what captivated me to this book. So Danielle's son has taken a downward turn with his autism. He started using drugs and becoming violent, suicidal, etc.

So she decided to take him to a country known clinic to have him tested and try to find help and managing his outbursts. But one situation started happening after another. And she finds herself thinking what's going on with her son. He was acting out in ways she never seen before. So she became suspicious of the staff and found herself questioning the staff and the treatment they using with her son.

Refusing to believe their prognosis about her son, she started to investigate and realized they didn't tell her everything they were doing with him. So when she decides to take him out of the hospital and get a second opinion, they won't let her take him. Now that's where I stopped reading. It's my own denial. I pray that I never have to go through what the character in this book went through.

And since the author wrote her story so vividly, I started going through my own denial about her case and praying that it never happens to me. So this is a good book if you consider yourself strong enough to read and accept facts that she has written in this book. Now I'm not saying I'm not strong but I'm not strong enough to read what my future may hold for us View all 16 comments. Aug 23, Sue rated it it was amazing. Reading other reviews, people seem to either love or hate this book. I am one of the ones who loved it! It's a quick read because I just couldn't put it down. Now there are a few bits that are rough around the edges, but in the main it's an unusual psychological thriller.

Danielle is a single parent to Max, who has Asperger's Syndrome. At sixteen he is getting worse, and she checks him into a renowned psychiatric unit for short term assessment. However, within a few days he is accused of the bru Reading other reviews, people seem to either love or hate this book.

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However, within a few days he is accused of the brutal, and bloody murder of a young fellow patient. Saving Max brings up all sorts of issues, and would make a great book group book for discussion. How far do you go to protect your child? Can you hand on heart say "My child didn't do this" when your child is mentally sick and in a psychotic break? Can you trust an institution just because the medical staff seem so well qualified? Can you trust the justice system to get to the truth when judicial rulings can seem so random? Can other people present a mask to you that is so good that you never can see the reality beneath?

And just how far would you go against the system before you caved in? My tiny negatives are nothing against the pluses in this book. Why call the Head Nurse by the name of Kreng. And why did we have a random character such as Naomi? I felt that she was put in just to muddy the waters. Also there were a couple of occasions when I felt that the author had Danielle do something that I felt was unbelievable. It seemed as if she couldn't think of any other way to move the plot along with the next bit of information.

Having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was fast paced and interesting, and I look forward to reading the next book by this author. Apr 27, Debby rated it did not like it. When I first got into this book, I thought I was going to end up with a three-halfer or four star.

The story captured my attention from the very beginning. A single mom is raising a special needs child who is autistic with other non specified mental health issues. The mom makes a fateful decision to take her son to a special psychiatric hospital for treatment. But treatment doesn't help and the son is accused of murdering another patient. The mom, a lawyer herself, faces criminal charges of her When I first got into this book, I thought I was going to end up with a three-halfer or four star. The mom, a lawyer herself, faces criminal charges of her own related to the murder and must fight to clear her name and her son's.

Great plot for a murder mystery However, the story loses all credibility because of several factual impossibilities and improbabilities. For instance, this is written by an attorney There were many more of these inaccuracies the author tried to slip in.

They did nothing for the story except make it laughable Aside from the inaccuracies,the author creates a ludicrous love interest. Well, the love develops immediately upon the consummation of a one-night-stand where, by the why, the female lies about her identity and everything else. So really, how can love develop under those circumstances???

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This book was recommended to me by a friend I had read about the book, but due to the number of lousy reviews it had received, I had never picked it up to read myself. Derogatory towards the mental health field? I don't know about you, but sometimes I want to be flat out entertained I was hooked from the get go.

While this book This book was recommended to me by a friend While this book will probably never win a Pulitzer, it WILL keep you turning pages into the wee hours of the night. I found myself intrigued, amused and horrified and different aspects of the story line, and I read it in less than two days. Like I said, it's really not as bad as some of these other reviews say it is. If you're looking for earth shattering, life changing literature, than keep looking because this is most certainly NOT your book.

If you're looking for an escape for a while, try this one. You will enjoy it. Jul 15, Nicola Mansfield rated it it was amazing. One of the book's main characters is described as having Asperger's and since I, myself have Asperger's I was immediately interested. But the book's plot and setting of a psychiatric hospital also had me eager to read the book.

The book opens with Danielle, the mother of Max, entering a patient's room and finding him brutally murdered while huddled on the floor nearby, unconscious, is her son, Max, with the murder weapon in his hand. Danielle is a lawyer and her son, Max, has Reason for Reading: Danielle is a lawyer and her son, Max, has Asperger's.

Max is about 16 and has become very moody and suddenly started to show violent tendencies. His doctor recommends that it is time Max go to a psychiatric hospital for a full evaluation. When he enters, Danielle is advised to go home but she is determined to stay until he is ready to come home but the doctor will only allow her short visits in the morning and afternoon. Max's behaviour reportedly deteriorates and he becomes extremely violent, has to be sedated and restrained. After the murder occurs Max is arrested as is Danielle as an accessory.

Danielle does everything in her power to prove her son's innocence and this takes her along two very different paths, both with a deviant and horrifying end. This was a fantastic mystery! A page-turner book that I couldn't put down until I'd finished it. The supposed Asperger's theme is not very prevalent. At the beginning we meet a teenage boy with AS and learn some small details of the condition but the story soon morphs into a whole different set of circumstances where the Asperger's can no longer be recognized. At the end, it is addressed again and Max's original problem is dealt with nicely.

But this is not a book to read to find out about Asperger's. It simply contains a character who has AS in the same way one would read a book where a character was blind but one would not read it to find out all about blindness. The story is superb. Max is a wonderful character and though he is hard to get to know for most of the book because he's often sedated there does come a time when his true person comes through. It is at this point that some of the benefits of his Asperger's personality come into play his intelligence and obsessiveness and he helps vitally with his case.

The mystery leaves a wonderful trail of suspense as it unravels. I admit I figured out whodunit quite early and why but the details were still disturbing as they were unearthed. A totally engrossing psychological suspense. The author's website states that she is working on another book that will once again feature a character with a psychiatric disorder and I am most emphatically looking forward to its release. Sep 30, Crystal rated it it was amazing Shelves: Why I read this: I was asked by the publicist if I would like to read it and I really like the titles put out by Mira Books.

I read the description and I knew I was hooked and had to read this one. How is the novel driven: I have read mixed reviews so I wasn't sure what I was going to think about this one before I started. But as I started read Why I read this: But as I started reading this one and as I finished I realized I'm on the gushing side of this one. Saving Max hooked me from the first page which takes place in the present and then the book starts and goes back to the point in time where the prologue occurred and then the events after.

It's an intriguing start and when the event that occurs in the prologue finally occurs in the timeline of the book - I found I was still really shocked. As the book continues, the suspense ratchets up. I went through so many emotions and so many things that I thought was happening only for the author to keep proving me wrong. Then there is a final aha moment where I figured it out, but it doesn't end there, I was kept on the edge of my seat right up until the end. The suspense is very tightly written and it is something that will keep the suspense lover intrigued through the book.

I liked the mother of an autistic child Max has Asperger's angle and how that mother had a high-stress job as well as being a single-mother yet she still did the best she could for her child. The book is well-written, the characters are very intriguing. There is some romance, some family, lots of suspense and it is just a great book. I think this is one I'll be recommending for awhile. Danielle is a character I think most moms will relate to, she is simply trying to balance a career with a personal life and then add a special needs child on top of that.

But she loves him like every mother loves her child no matter what the problems are and she simply wants the best for him, and she never stops wanting the best for him and will sacrifice herself and take risks to make sure he is taken care of. I think of her as an admirable character and I really like how she is developed through the book.