Reviews for All American Boy

The average rating for All American Boy based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-07-26 00:00:00 Alex Reeder Intriguing..impassioned voice..taking the reader through a whole slew of gripping emotions. Impossible not to appreciate Mann's writing regardless his plot mechanism. Great writer.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-22 00:00:00 Sandra Duffy Sometimes you just don't connect with a book. I started reading William J Mann's "All American Boy" a while back and it took me the longest time to finish it (I think I finished three books in the course of reading this) Walter Day gets a call from his mother asking him to come home, and he does, and he is forced to face a lot of things when he does, like his mother's declining mental state. Plus, he has to face his first love, whom he wronged many years ago. It's a great set up for a story, but I just did not like any of the characters, starting with Wally. He treats his own mother like shit, and that just did not sit well with me, as I come from the school of always treating your parents well. I kind of wish his reunion with his first love was a little more heartening, but I guess this is not that kind of book. The writing style here is a bit muddled. he changes from dream to reality in a sentence, so it can just a bit confusing. I totally lost interest in the characters at some point, and I just went through the motions of finishing this without caring.