Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to a wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle -- he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, he may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger.
To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen -- a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life.
2/5 - Hardly worth it.
I was totally captivated by the concept presented in this book. The first few pages did a great job of pulling me in, but the overall plot fell flat. The pacing was slow going despite the fact that it was an extremely short novel. Many of the events in the rising action were unrealistic at best, and seemed cheesy, whimsical, and somewhat new age-ish. Not an all together great combination. The main character, Shawn, undergoes seizures in which his spirit is released from his body and he is floating through space. The rest of the story was very realistic, and this strange, magical twist simply made the story ridiculous.
The fact that Shawn's father had plans to kill Shawn for the entire story built a lot of tension, but never got resolved either way. Shawn's mother not dealing with this fact did not add to the plot.
On top of that, in one part of the book Shawn's brother grows angry at someone for insulting Shawn and then beats the guy within an inch of his life, pouring gasoline on him and almost catching him on fire. This seemed unrealistic, seeing as the guy just walked away and the brother never got in trouble or anything.
I loved the concept and the ideas that were presented and argued,but the end left the story unresolved and unappreciated. This book could have been so much better. I was sad to see it fall so short of my expectations.
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