A review by angelaw
Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten

2.0

This book had an interesting premise. A woman (named Danielle) with a child who has Autism tries to get her son help at a mental facility because his behavior has become volatile. However, the treatment he receives there is not what he needed. In fact, when he is found next to a murdered patient and is accused of the murder, Danielle turns into the uber-parental advocate for her son.

The book is definitely in the genre of suspenseful mystery. It could be put in the same genre as Picoult.

The end of the book was to contrived for me. And the characters were not well-developed.

I read this quickly. I would probably recommend it as a beach read. But after reading so many incredible books this year, I would probably steer you to another book before this one.