sometimes i like to read mediocre books because it makes me believe that i, too, can write a novel one day.nathan nelson is the son of a physicist genius father. the father, believing that nathan is also a genius, spends the better part of nathan's adolescence trying to coax out his inner whiz-kid, eventually realizing that nathan is just a boy with slightly above average intelligence. then nathan is involved in a car accident, develops synesthesia and the ability to memorize entire phone books, and goes to spend time in an institute with other savants.
this is your classic coming-of-age-with-a-twist tale, and while i found it sub-par, there were sentences of incredible beauty, mr.smith having a knack for descriptions of scenery. the story itself is a great idea, but the execution of it falls flat. meh.
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