Teddy
Alexander is a child prodigy; nevertheless his parents try to have him lead a
normal life. Instead of playing like other kids, he solves complex mathematical
problems, where others meet their peers for play dates, he calls a Russian
scientist. Physics is his passion already as a kid. When growing older, he skips
some classes because some teachers are just unable to cope with his
intelligence. The only problem is finding friends, in High School finally, he seems
to have come across some and does not suspect that some might exploit his
capacities.
Most of the
novel is written very lively and convincingly, you can imagine a boy like Teddy
to be real and the problems he encounters due to his outstanding brain seem to
be believable. It is only the last section, when he finally tries to life the life
of an ordinary college boy which I found a bit boring and less compelling. This
might be due to the fact that he loses most of what makes him a special
character and behaves in a most ordinary way. The necessary happy-end also is
on the one hand nice to have, but the novel was more interesting when not
everything was hunky dory.
