Boy Made of Blocks

I received an advance review copy of A Boy Made of Blocks from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Overall it's a well-told tale of a family finally breaking through and connecting with their autistic son through bonding over the video game Minecraft. For a chapter or two I was on the fence because I couldn't stand the whiny, closed-off, emotionally stunted protagonist Alex. He sublimated himself in a job he hated in order to avoid the stresses of raising his autistic son. It didn't take too long for Alex to hit rock bottom and begin trying to repair his relationship with both his wife and son, thankfully, and I found the struggle quite compelling. There were a few times that I found myself reading through tears because I was so touched by those breakthrough moments when Alex could really communicate with his son Sam.