Saving Dave

Life Can Change In The Blink Of An Eye

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Pub Date 15 Apr 2021 | Archive Date 19 May 2021

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Description

“I have what is called locked-in syndrome.

Yes ... Read that again ... Locked. In. Syndrome.

The trouble is that I’m the only person to have figured this out.”

Meet Dave. Dave is an eighteen-year-old blind, quadriplegic victim of medical negligence. He is highly intelligent, has an almost photographic memory, and is capable of absorbing knowledge at a phenomenal rate. Dave’s world revolves around the antics of his dysfunctional, avaricious, unloving family and everything he learns from BBC Radio 4 which provides a link to an outside world he knows he will never belong to. Life is bleak for Dave.

Until he meets the one person who may be able to save him.

“Just when I’d thought things had got as bad as they could get, they got even worse. There’s a singer called Morrissey who writes songs about stuff like this, and even he would struggle to make this sound as miserable as it is.”

“I have what is called locked-in syndrome.

Yes ... Read that again ... Locked. In. Syndrome.

The trouble is that I’m the only person to have figured this out.”

Meet Dave. Dave is an...


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ISBN 9780956134134
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Absolutely love it. Funny, sad, informative. How can a family treat a son the way Dave was treated? The ginger twats, the mother, the father - all referred to in a distant way. It takes just one person, that builds to a small team, to make Dave believe in himself and, hopefully, reach his full potential - journalist maybe? Who knows - watch out for what's to come after Covid!!

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The premise was interesting and unique. The author was excellent at describing Dave's medical condition, his dysfunctional family, the medical treatments he undergoes, and his relationships with his parents and siblings. Narrated in multiple POVs, the story was a page-turner, entertaining, and informative especially from Dave's perspective.

The story follows Dave, an eighteen-year-old blind, quadriplegic due to medical negligence. Unbeknownst to his family and primary carers, Dave possesses high intelligence thanks to Molly Johnson, an Occupational Therapist, who works on a thesis regarding communication in brain-damaged patients.

I loved that the main character had his happy ending and he truly deserved it after all the torments he'd been through. No one deserves to be neglected and psychologically abused by his parents regardless of his cognitive and/or physical state.

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review the ARC of this one-of-a-kind story. I'm happy that I've come across this book and would definitely check out the future works of the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Saving Dave is by turns a heart-wrenching and funny story of what it might be like (because nobody really knows) to be a profoundly disabled person, with locked-in syndrome, and with a horrendously uncaring family. The main themes thrusting from the narrative are frustration, powerlessness and revenge, and you can't help but feel those emotions along with the main characters. But it is still heart-warming to see Dave making progress thanks to the persistence of a research student who comes into his home and life.

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