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A review by tyslady
Untouchable by Scott O'Connor
3.0
The first thing this book did for me, was give me a HUGE amount of respect for my friends who own a crime scene cleanup agency. It's not something people want to think about, the "what happens 'after'" aspect, but this book makes you do just that. Suicides, accidentals, murders; it's all in there. But, he does it in a way that is not in-your-face gore.
The author introduces us to two main characters a year after their wife/mother died. David is the husband/father and is a crime scene technician. Mr O'Connor does a beautiful job showing us David's love and tenderness with his admittedly "off" son, and helping us see his slow descent into insanity. "Whitley" is a sweet little boy, known mostly as "The Kid" to everybody, including his father, who has voluntary mutism. Mr. O'Connor lets us know exactly what is going on in this little boy's head and heart.
The story is wonderfully written and I could "see" everything the author talked about. I did have an issue with the bullying that went on at this child's school. I found it a bit unbelievable. Maybe it's just because when I was a kid, I went to 5 different schools, and my kids have gone to 7 different schools and we have never encountered that kind of bullying. Maybe it does get that bad in some places, but I had a hard time wrapping my mind around it.
One amusing side note. I was nearly half way through the book, when I turned to my husband and said, "I'm amazed! With a topic like this one, there hasn't been a single swear word in the entire book so far!" Then, in the very next chapter, a peripheral character tried to make up for that in his next scene. Okay, maybe it's not that funny, but I got a kick out of it!
The author introduces us to two main characters a year after their wife/mother died. David is the husband/father and is a crime scene technician. Mr O'Connor does a beautiful job showing us David's love and tenderness with his admittedly "off" son, and helping us see his slow descent into insanity. "Whitley" is a sweet little boy, known mostly as "The Kid" to everybody, including his father, who has voluntary mutism. Mr. O'Connor lets us know exactly what is going on in this little boy's head and heart.
The story is wonderfully written and I could "see" everything the author talked about. I did have an issue with the bullying that went on at this child's school. I found it a bit unbelievable. Maybe it's just because when I was a kid, I went to 5 different schools, and my kids have gone to 7 different schools and we have never encountered that kind of bullying. Maybe it does get that bad in some places, but I had a hard time wrapping my mind around it.
One amusing side note. I was nearly half way through the book, when I turned to my husband and said, "I'm amazed! With a topic like this one, there hasn't been a single swear word in the entire book so far!" Then, in the very next chapter, a peripheral character tried to make up for that in his next scene. Okay, maybe it's not that funny, but I got a kick out of it!