A.S. King

"An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--

Reality Boy

Monicap

This book was good. Nothing amazing, but it was really good.

Well. This book.
I’m reviewing it a couple weeks after I read it.
And I can’t really remember strongly liking or disliking anything about it.
The premise was intriguing, and I liked the way the romance developed, but I can’t remember the name of the love interest. Kelly? Megan? Something like that?
Anyway, the romance was real subtle, and it WASN’T the answer to everything! Which of course I liked, because books like to pretend that if you fall in love, all the ills in your life will be cured. But they won’t. In fact, relationships cause as many problems as they solved, and this book showed that, but it also showed that they were going to try to work through it. And they weren’t declaring to love each other for all eternity, which was good as well, because lets face it. They’re teenagers. They’re probably gonna break up.
That’s about all I remember liking, though.
I remember the plot fine.
Oh, and I remember Joe Jr. I loved him.
But that’s it.
And that’s okay. This book did not have a huge impact on me, and that’s fine.

Jeannette Ordas

For the first few chapters I wasn't sure if I was going to love this book. The language and characters felt a bit off, but midway through, I was sold. Gerald, the main character really grew on me as his own story fleshed out. A solid 4 stars.

Cameron Austin

And I am now done with it! Omg, A.S. King is such a good writer. I love this book, but Everybody Sees the Ants is my absolute favorite so far. I've yet to read her other two books, Please Ignore Vera Dietz and Ask the Passengers. 

Review may come up soon! (Meaning, maybe in a week or two)

Elad Schulman

This book was weird. That's all i have to say.

Martha F.

Moxie Minion

Lisa

Julie Nilsen

In this fearless portrayal of a boy on the edge, highly acclaimed Printz Honor author A.S. King explores the desperate reality of a former child "star" struggling to break free of his anger. Gerald Faust started feeling angry even before his mother invited a reality TV 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. No one cares that Gerald has tried to learn to control himself; they're all just waiting for him to snap. And he's starting to feel dangerously close to doing just that...until he chooses to create possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved.

Reality Boy

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