Theodore "Mead" Fegley has always been the smartest person he knows. By age twelve, he was in high school, and by fifteen he was attending a top-ranked universtity. Now, at age eighteen, he's on the verge of proving the Reimann Hypothesis, an equation that has mystified mathematics for years. But only days before graduation, Mead suddenly flees home to rural Illinois. What has caused him to run away remains a mystery to all but Mead and a classmate whose quest for success has turned into a dangerous obsession.
As Mead embarks on a new life's journey-learning the family business of selling furniture and embalming the dead-he'll discover a surprising truth: that the heart may know what the head has yet to learn.
This is one of the few books I've read that was written in third-person present tense. It was a bit strange for me at first, but after I got used to it and got into the story it was fine. I liked Mead (surprisingly) because his character was very beleivable, and it was interesting to get a glimpse into this genius' head to see how completely unused to the "real" world he is. Every chapter is a different time period, some starting before his whole "problem" started, and some being during present time in Illinois. It took me a while to realize the whole "point" of the book, but somewhere in the middle I realized that it was a coming of age novel. It was pretty good, and I liked how things were constantly being revealed until you could eventually piece together Mead's life.
As Mead embarks on a new life's journey-learning the family business of selling furniture and embalming the dead-he'll discover a surprising truth: that the heart may know what the head has yet to learn.
This is one of the few books I've read that was written in third-person present tense. It was a bit strange for me at first, but after I got used to it and got into the story it was fine. I liked Mead (surprisingly) because his character was very beleivable, and it was interesting to get a glimpse into this genius' head to see how completely unused to the "real" world he is. Every chapter is a different time period, some starting before his whole "problem" started, and some being during present time in Illinois. It took me a while to realize the whole "point" of the book, but somewhere in the middle I realized that it was a coming of age novel. It was pretty good, and I liked how things were constantly being revealed until you could eventually piece together Mead's life.
glad you enjoyed it. will link with my review.
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