House Rules

When your son can t look you in the eyedoes that mean he s guiltyJacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger s syndrome He s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways But he has a special focus on one subject forensic analysis A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he s always showing up and telling the cops what to do And he s usually right.But when Jacob s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him Jacob s behaviors are hallmark Asperger s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight For Jacob s mother, Emma, it s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family For his brother, Theo, it s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.And over this small family, the soul searing question loomsDid Jacob commit murder New Read Kindle ePUB House Rules author Jodi Picoult – kino-fada.fr Painfully obvious and predictable and filled with so much repetitive exposition about Asperger s Syndrome that it ultimately made me feel like i was being lectured by someone who has it and would not take the hint that I understood them the first time and get the fre...A good solid 3 1 2 starsI applaud Jodi Picoult for using her best selling author position to educate people about Asperger s syndrome She did extensive research and tried to present as much information as she could within the confines of a novel At times this effort to educate interrupts the flow of the narrative, but I think she was striving for completeness House Rules is a sort of Primer on Asperger s for people who may not otherwise seek out information on the condition Picoult gives J A good solid 3 1 2 starsI applaud Jodi Picoult for using her best selling author position to educate people about Asperger s syndrome She did extensive research and tried to present as much information as she could within the confines of a novel At times this effort to educate interrupts the flow of the narrative, but I think she was striving for completeness House Rules is a sort of Primer on Asperger s for people who may not otherwise seek out information on the condition Picoult gives Jacob every possible symptom of Asperger s in its most extreme manifestation So of course, Jacob isn t like a real life aspie you might meet He s a composite the better to help people recognize the various behaviors and behave compassionately toward the person displaying them Picoult also very effectively shows the impact on the entire family of a child with special needs Henry, the absent father who walked out long ago because he couldn t deal with Jacob s situation Emma, the mother who desper...Confession time I had no intention of ever reading a Jodi Picoult book To me, her books were pretty much equivalent to Nicholas Sparks books Formula Mix one part issue with one part sap and one part luuuuuurve , then swallow If nausea occurs, try Pepto to keep it downSparks books are still ones that I have no intention of ever reading I watched A Walk to Remember and The Notebook That s enough for one lifetime There s like 50 movies based on his books now or something, a Confession time I had no intention of ever reading a Jodi Picoult book To me, her books were pretty much equivalent to Nicholas Sparks books Formula Mix one part issue with one part sap and one part luuuuuurve , then swallow If nausea occurs, try Pepto to keep it downSparks books are still ones that I have no intention of ever reading I watched A Walk to Remember and The Notebook That s enough for one lifetime There s like 50 movies based on his books now or something, and you know they re scraping the bottom of the barrel when Miley Cyrus is the best they can get to star act be...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Disappointing While I enjoy Picoult s easy flow of writing and the creative way she informs the reader about issues and conditions like Asperger s syndrome, in this case, I found myself in constant oh, come on mode, as in Spoiler alert Talk to your son, for crying out loud You know he can only tell the truth and once he tells you he didn t kill her, why wouldn t you ask fordetails He s on trial for murder and Talk to your brother Once you know that he knows you were there, why wo Disappointing While I enjoy Picoult s easy flow of writing and the creative way she informs the reader about issues and conditions like Asperger s syndrome, in this case, I found myself in constant oh, come on mode, as in Spoiler alert Talk to your son, for crying out loud You know he can only tell the truth and once he tells you he didn t kill her, why wouldn t you ask fordetails He s on trial for murder and Talk to your brother Once you know that he knows you were there, why wouldn t you ask him what else he knows and what he saw and Everyone t...House Rules bills itself as a murder mystery with an Asperger s twist, but Picoult brings nothing original to either the mystery genre or books featuring characters on the Autism spectrum I would chalk it up to a mindless, predictable read best left for the times a reader is stuck in an airport, except it is so incredibly long that the reader will have the mystery solved and be left to slog through 400pages Much too long for a reluctant reader and too boring and predictable for an in House Rules bills itself as a murder mystery with an Asperger s twist, but Picoult brings nothing original to either the mystery genre or books featuring characters on the Autism spectrum I would chalk it up to a mindless, predictable read best left for the times a reader...As a person with Asperger s I am dismayed with Picoult s portrayal of an adult with Asperger s Syndrome Picoult starts off by showing us all the sources she has used for her research but once one starts reading it is obvious she is so full of research she doesn t know what to do with it She has taken every possible symptom of both Asperger s and autism which are two different diagnoses and put them all into the chara...Jodi Picoult is far from my favorite author, so all you Picoultites out there, you might as well skip this review I am interested in stories about people on the autistic spectrum with Asperger behaviors, so I thought I would give this one a try Sigh I should have known better In Ms Picoult s heavy handed hands, the behavior of the protagonist with Aspergers is exaggerated and twisted simply for the benefit of the plot Eating only foods of a certain color, but on different days, is not trad Jodi Picoult is far from my favorite author, so all you Picoultites out there, you might as well skip this review I am interested in stories about people on the autistic spectrum with Asperger behaviors, so I thought I would give this one a try Sigh I should have known better In Ms Picoult s heavy handed hands, the behavior of the protagonist with Aspergers is exaggerated and twisted simply for the benefit of the plot Eating only foods of a certain color, but on different days, is not traditionally Aspergerian maybe eating foods of the same color but not blue food on Tuesday, yellow on Saturday, etc etc At one point, the protagonist re orders some CDs that have fallen in alphabetical order, bu...House Rules delivers everything Picoult fans have come to expect controversy, multiple perspectives, a legal conflict, etc Though formulaic, it does not disappoint Jacob, the Asperger s afflicted teenager provides the most intriguing point of view Extremely bright, but lacking in social and communications skills, he attempts to define the way his mind works and his attempts to relate to people His mother Emma and his brother Theo have struggled to cope with his disability, but when he is ar House Rules delivers everything Picoult fans have come to expect controversy, multiple perspectives, a legal conflict, etc Though formulaic, it does not disappoint Jacob, the Asperger s afflicted teenager provides the most intriguing point of view Extremely bright, but lacking in social and communications skills, he attempts to define the way his mind works and his attempts to relate to people His mother Emma and his brother Theo have struggled to cope with his disability, bu...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I don t know why I do this to myself I picked this book up because someone who read it and didn t want to keep it gave it away thus, it was free I wanted to read something that would be a breeze I have read Picoult before and find her writing style easy to fly through However, having read Picoult before, I should have remembered that she keeps writing the same damn book Yes, family in crisis, insert court case, insert forgotten sibling with bigger problems than others realize, insert one I don t know why I do this to myself I picked this book up because someone who read it and didn t want to keep it gave it away thus, it was free I wanted to read something that would be a breeze I have read Picoult before and find her writing style easy to fly through However, having read Picoult bef...House Rules has everything I look for in good fiction It s a superb, character driven story that made me laugh, made me cry, and kept me intrigued until the very end As with other Jodi Picoult novels, the author s extensive research allowed me to learn a great deal about a particular topic, in this case both autism specifically Asperger s and forensic science Many people criticize this book as being highly predictable I disagree, mainly because I don t view it as a murder mystery The auth House Rules has everything I look for in good fiction It s a superb, character driven story that made me laugh, made me cry, and kept me intrigued until the very end As with other Jodi Picoult novels, the author s extensive research allowed me to learn a great deal about a particular topic, i...

• English
• 13 June 2017
Jodi Picoult
• Hardcover
• 532 pages
• 0743296435
• Jodi Picoult
• House Rules