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The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes (2010)

by Randi Davenport(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1565126114 (ISBN13: 9781565126114)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Algonquin Books

review 1: This book is not well written, and the title is misleading. I knew it was a memoir by a woman about her autistic and mentally ill son, but there are only a few pages about his apparently short-lived obsession with weather. The book needed more (and better) editing, and the writer has some annoying quirks. For example, she repeats things three times, such as "over and over and over." She does it again and again and again, and it gets very annoying.
review 2: This book moved me so much - it terrified me, exhausted me, made me cry and left me puzzled - that I had to take a break from it halfway through, and read some frothy chick lit. I'm ashamed to admit that, when Randi Davenport lived (lives!) every parent's worst nightmare - when there is something horribly wr... moreong with your child and no one can figure out what it is.*This* is what a real Tiger Mother is...the devotion and dedication and determination (alliteration not intended) she exhibits while trying to get the appropriate care for her teenage son, who has suddenly descended into psychosis is nothing short of heroic. Lots of questions are raised, and not all of them are answered, though not for lack of trying by the author. Was there a hereditary link to what happened to Chase? This aspect fascinated me, because I work in egg donation and deal with issues of genetics every day. If I were to be exceedingly picky, I would say that there seemed to be some serious run-on sentences, especially towards the end of the book - it almost seemed like she too was exhausted in the telling of it. That she had to get it all out, in great gulps of words before she ran out of energy or will. That minor complaint aside, I would strongly recommend this book, but know that you are embarking on a very challenging literary journey. This was truly one of the most harrowing, overwhelming memoirs I have ever read. I am so glad I did. less

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