Book Review - The Sideways Life of Denny Voss

 

This book I happened upon by accident or rather luck. It was a phenomenal read. It was a bit difficult to really get in the head of the man character at first, Denny but when you do, so much of the man makes you realize the innocence and joy that can come from just ‘being’ and not walking around with a playbook of alternative motives and hidden agendas.

First, the book will make you laugh out loud! Denny is extremely funny without even trying to be. He reminded me of my autistic grandson, if he had a voice as he is non-verbal.  I envision his way of seeing and processing the world would be similar to Denny’s.

We equate intelligence to wisdom and yet when you stop and think about all the small things in life and accept them just for what they are instead of analyzing them to death, life IS a lot simpler. That's how Denny is. So, when he gets thrown into a situation that causes intense stress, it's very hard for him to process everything. But, at the same time, there were moments when he's doing all of his questioning, that you realize in some ways Denny's not that different from you.

All of the characters have their quirks in this book and to the story. What starts off as a fun quirky read lands up to be a very funny, moving inspiring way of looking at our world! Definitely for me a 5 stars out of 5 stars. Extremely touching story and character!

*Looking forward to anyone else who has read this book and wants to share their thoughts under Comments!