I did not care for this book. The first half was written as though the author had the Urban Dictionary open and was just scrolling through looking for every slang term for a sex act he could find. Women were described in the most demeaning terms possible. It was painful to read. The second half, when the caregiver and his charge go on a road trip was marginally better. At least some real female characters appeared. I would not recommend.

Benjamin Benjamin is a wreck of a man. He is in the aftermath of a tragedy, and he has lost his wife, kids, and house. He decides to become a paid caregiver, and, after a few classes, he is hired as the caregiver for a nineteen-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy. He bonds with the boy while sitting at the mall ogling women and saying the different ways they would like to have sex with them. Eventually they go on a road trip seeking redemption. ( )

Excellent slice of life. ( )

At first I didn't like the main character. That's typical and thank goodness I kept reading. Evinson's great at descriptive writing. He deals realistically with grief and loss. The best thing for me is how he shows fathers trying to make up for mistakes. I loved the father-daughter relationships, the father-son relationships, and how he helped each work through challenges. ( )

Touching and well written. ( )

I enjoyed this book quite a bit with its dry humor and different father-child relationships that all make the same point that we will most likely fail as parents but need to keep trying, all of this with the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains. ( )