The story is adolescent and that’s fine if you are an adolescent reading this. Having finished it, I hope and assume it was a “young adult” book but the story is very predictable and cliche. Like the movie “Terms of Endearment” I cried, but felt manipulated at the same time. Of course the good hearted, moral, wise for his years, severely deformed hero of the story is intended to win our hearts. The writing is not subtle. It’s like an after school made for TV movie. In fact, maybe the movie is better, (haven’t seen it)because at least the voice of Augie hopefully isn’t as utterly annoying as the narrator’s voice for him. She wasn’t bad for the other characters but when speaking from his perspective ( even without dialogue) she uses a high pitched grinding voice that almost made me turn off the recording a number of times.
On the plus side, if you are 13 years old, your tastebuds probably haven’t matured enough to distinguish between sweet and cloyingly Sweet and just enjoy this simple book.

This is a great story for all. I like that it shows the different perspectives from the child with a disability (August) to a variety of people close to the main character. This book teaches children and adults to accept people for who they are, not how they might look. And the variety of perspectives show that everybody's words can effect all the people involved in different ways.

Really enjoyed listening to this book during a long road trip. was hesitant at first to listen but I was hooked in no time.

Listened to this book because my son's 6th grade class was reading it. Loved it! Story was very well written. I think this author hit every human emotion.

My 8yr old and I listened to it and both got choked up. it's a great story and very well performed.

This is one of the best books we've read as a family. Offered great opportunities for communication.

Uplifting! Best book I've listened to in a while. Enjoyed the different readers. Worth 5 stars!!

One of the best stories I ever read (listened to) period. I loved the narration, very well performed.

A great story for both children and adults. The many perspectives throughout the book offer much more to the understanding of this boy's difficulties just trying to be normal.

This is an amazing story about kindness and overcoming obstacles in life. Simply a fantastic book.