Reality Boy

author: A.S. King
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2015/08/05
date added: 2015/08/05
shelves: young-adult
review:
'Reality Boy' by A.S. King takes on our obsession with reality tv and shows what possible victims could look like. It's a wild ride with a likeable protagonist.

Gerald Faust, aka "The Crapper." was a young star on a reality television series called Network Nanny. Due to problems in his house, he acted out his inability to cope, which got caught on camera. Now years later, he just wants a normal life. Instead, he finds himself living in a home with a psychotic sister, a mom who thinks the sister is not wrong, and a father so disinterested that he allows bad things to happen. This leaves Gerald in anger management class, in the special education class in high school, and afraid to have a relationship because of how afraid he is of himself. When he meets a new girl at work, and she seems to like him a lot, will he try a chance on a new life?

I couldn't imagine this kind of life, and at the same time, I could. Our messed up media works with soundbites and video clips making people famous and infamous based on camera angles and edits. I found the main character appealing, even with the intense anger he was going through. I loved his mentally drifting off into 'Ger's land' a place with Disney characters and ice cream. I loved when he learns that escaping like that doesn't really solve things. The solutions at the end seem a bit too simple, but it's an ok end to the story.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Little Brown Books for Young Readers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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