Books by Matthew Dicks
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review 1: My rating is probably closer to 4-1/2 stars. Such an unusual idea for a book! As the title suggests, the story is told by Budo, the imaginary friend of an eight-year-old boy named Max, who is autistic. Max gets in some trouble and Budo helps save him. In some ways Budo is lik...
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review 1: The narrator makes this book a delight. He is brilliant and quirky with an insanely methodical approach to thievery. Like a Robin Hood who only takes from those who have plenty, he has a good heart. Unlike Robin, he is isolated to the point that mimicking an African Gray parro...
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review 1: This is the second Matthew Dicks book I've read. He has a real talent for making an unusual personality lovable. Milo is a charming man with a big heart that suffers from untreated OCD. The central focus is on his attempts to hide his problem from everyone. He desire to appear n...
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review 1: Unexpectedly Milo is a book which makes you take a small break from the life and have a good look at yourself. It works as a mirror when you realize that probably at some level you are no different than Milo. Because of his medical condition Milo is forced to hide a big part of h...
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review 1: I can't quite bring myself to give this five stars. It was delightful, and I really, really enjoyed it and I will definitely be recommending it to people, but there just wasn't enough there there to bump it up to 5 stars.The first person narration was spot on for this novel and I...
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review 1: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is an incredibly well-written, insightful book from the point of view of an imaginary friend. More specifically, Budo, the imaginary friend of Max, an eight-year-old boy who falls somewhere on the Autism spectrum. Budo enjoys watching TV with Max's ...
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review 1: The story of a little boy's life with his best friend and how it was written was stunning. I haven't ever read a book like Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. Max, a young boy with symptoms of Asperger's and an astonishing imagination, imagined a friend named Budo. The way Budo de...