Are You Alone On Purpose

Are you alone on Purpose?

by Nancy Werlin

From: Speak

204 Pages.

3.5/5

Harry and Alison are the worst of enemies. But when Harry suffers a paralyzing accident and his father, a rabbi, begins to tutor Alison's autistic twin brother for his bar mitzvah, the two begin to find comfort from each other.

This book was a quick read. I enjoyed it. The story had a good meaning to it, kind of like even if it doesn't seem like it our parents do care for us, but sometimes its hard for them to show it. This happened to Alison. She figured she had to be the good child because of her brother's disablity. Harry thinks that his dad cares nothing for him, and is crazy because he talks to his dead mom. Harry and Alison don't get along at first because Harry makes fun of Alison and her brother. But as time goes by Harry and Alison start spending more time with each other and it soon becomes more.

I said the book was good true, but for me, I started to get bored in the middle of it. True somethings were happening but for me they were going to slowly. I wanted more to come out of Harry and Alisons relationship, and Harry and his fathers relationship. True the ending was good, but the ending is when you finally get to see the side of Alison you've been wanted to see. I think this book as a good point in its plot, and it's one that i would read for a quick read. It was an okay book.