Book Review: Reading is for Idjits! by W. W. Rowe

Ok so this was my very first book that I requested from *Netgalley. And my very first review on my blog (whoo-hoo). But that is where the excitement ends. First let me say I am SOOOOOO glad I read this before reading it with my son. This is NOT a book that any child should read. Period. End of story.

The book tells the tale of two twins. One who is smart and always has his head in a book and one who is not. They call the one twin Smarty Marty and the other one Morton the Moron. Morton cannot read properly and constantly gets into trouble till his parents take away all his favorite things till he learns how to read.

As a mother to a special needs child who has multiple learning disabilities I was frankly appalled by this book. Number one to call a child a moron is never something you should do in a book that supposedly has a positive message. The child was made fun for what quite clearly stood out to me as a learning disability. It seemed like he was dyslexic. But instead of getting him help his parents laugh at him then take away everything he loves till he learns to read (boring books with no pictures mind you). Why kind of message is this?!?!?! If anyone called my child a moron because of his inability to read believe you me I would go full on Mama Bear on them. Instead you have a mother who laughs at him for his problems and then punishes him. The child literally almost dies 3 times in this book. But hey lets not do the right thing and get him help lets punish the child who has almost lost his life several times due to the parents being morons...see what I did there cause the parents clearly are the morons here not poor Morton.

I can't believe I almost read this with my son. I honestly was  hoping there was something positive like with hard work and help from professionals  Morton finally overcomes his disability and learns to love reading. BTW a number of children who complain about reading like he was, do it to compensate for the fact that they are having a hard time with it. It frustrates them that they can't be "normal" so they lash out. It is not that they are lazy as this book seems to suggest. Words cannot even begin to express how angry this irresponsible book makes me.

This is 1 out of 5 stars....stay away from it at all costs!

*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.