Author: A.S. King
Pages: 368
Summary:Gerald Faust knows exactly when he started feeling angry: the day his mother invited a reality television crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he’s still haunted by his rage-filled youth—which the entire world got to watch from every imaginable angle—and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and clueless adults dumping him in the special education room at school.
Nothing is ever going to change. No one cares that he’s tried to learn to control himself, and the girl he likes has no idea who he really is. Everyone’s just waiting for him to snap…and he’s starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that.
A.S. King's writing was phenomenal and this book was so incredibly different. The topic of this book was very different from any other book I've read before and I very much enjoyed it. The story is about a teen boy, Gerald Faust, whose had a troublesome history involving being in a reality TV show. The story switches from the past and present which really helped in understanding the topic. You get the sense of what really happened to Gerald and why he is who he is.
The story of Reality Boy is something that you will never be able to find somewhere else. This is Gerald Faust's story and this book really goes deep into his mind and life. This story was so unique and very fascinating.
One thing I did not like was the love relationship Gerald had. I think the story would've been fine without it and it seemed a bit unrealistic to me.
The writing was great and really helped me understand where Gerald was coming from. All of the profanity and cursing made the book that much better.
Reading about Gerald's past and his family was so different and made me really look at reality TV in a different way. I loved how the characters were their own each individual person. Gerald's mom was one of the most shocking characters I've ever read about. It's very common to read about moms who love their kids or moms who are evil, but the way Gerald's mom was blew me away. His sister, Tasha, actually did frighten me, and A.S. King's writing was really able to show who she was and who all the characters were.
It was very different reading through a perspective of a teen boy who is psychologically troubled. I enjoyed the language used and the constant transportation it Gersday.
My Rating:
✰✰✰✰
This book was very different and out-standing. This story was very traumatic yet intriguing. This coming of age story is definitely one I haven't come across for but really appreciated.
My overall thought: An emotional unique story that I've never ever read before.
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