Monday, June 9, 2014

"Saving Max" by Antoinette van Heugten (376 pages)

Emotionally unstable Max Parkman is a 16-year-old boy living with autism. Now that he’s older, his attorney mother, Danielle Parkman, has lost all hope for Max. After Max lashes out with violet behavior, his mom decides it’s time to have Max assessed at a psychiatric facility. After the assessment, Max becomes more violent, and his behavior has him staying long term at the facility.

A few weeks into staying at the facility, Danielle goes to visit Max one night and finds him covered in blood in his room at the feet of a boy named Jonas who has been severely stabbed. Danielle is shocked and does not know what to do. She becomes an accessory to this murder. Max’s mom doesn’t know what to think of him anymore, but will discover what happened regardless of what the truth is. How far will Danielle go to uncover truth of what happened the night of the murder?

This is one of those books that you finish and you feel like you’ve solved a murder investigation yourself. I couldn’t have asked for a better read. The plot twists came at the best, most suspenseful parts of the story. I wouldn’t change anything about this book; I recommend this book to anyone!
Reviewed by SC

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