You can’t trust people but you can trust your notebook. I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads Thus, despite a not too happy start, the ending is pleasantly rewarding. An exciting text that leaves you feeling satisfied, despite what was felt before. It has moments which are very gripping, making it hard to put the book down in fear of missing an unexpected turn of events. However, this text may be more appealing to readers of an older age as the story follows a teenaged boy. I would recommend this book to readers of any age. This 15 year old protagonist embarks on an adventure that not only helps him solve the murder, but also rekindles him with family, and solves an issue the police have been having for quite sometime. As well as several problems that could be deemed as taboo topics even now in the 21st century that shine through the lines of text. It’s a different take on a mystery, alluding different occurrences to paintings, those by Lowry especially. Hence one can say this was a similar text to “The Curious Incident of a dag in the Night Time” where the protagonist also had special needs, yet this is a slightly different situation, where here I feel the protagonist was a little less annoying to read about. The book follows the protagonist Kieran, a 15 year old with special needs. Smart was not quite the book that I was expecting when I first picked it up, nonetheless it was still intriguing.
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