Ashley Lyons’s Reviews > OCDaniel > Status Update

ASK QUESTIONS: Since the beginning of the book I have always wondered... what was up with Sarah? Why was it that she never made eye contact with anyone? I'm sure other kids in the school had OCD but how did she only notice Daniel? She said that she's been watching him for a while but hasn't said anything because she didn't need him, until she had to solve a murder mystery.

The protagonist in this book is Daniel, he is on the football team and likes a girl named Raya, he barely knows how to play but always seems to impress her and is focused on trying to be cool and popular. A quiet girl named Sarah comes to Daniel and asks fro his help to solve a murder mystery. One time after they had to go to the "murderers" house Daniel had to go to a party right after at Raya's house.

PREDICTIONS: Earlier in the book I read that Daniel was going to a party at Raya's house and he only went because his crush was there and his friend Max was going as well. During the party everyone plays spin the bottle and Daniel was sitting right across from Raya. I predicted that Daniel and Raya were going to kiss and they did.

CONFLICT: The conflict in this book is a mix of all except the character vs. nature. For example, the character vs. society is like how Daniel says he isn't normal and has to do everyday thing multiple times or his brain tells him he won't wake up in the morning. He wants to believe he's normal but knows he isn't. Or even how Daniel goes against himself and tries to ignore the "ZAPS" but can't.

The P.O.V in this book is told by Daniel's point of view, which is first person. This means that Daniel can't see or know how the story of his middle school life ends. So when he goes to the school dance with his best-friend, he doesn't know that his crush Raya was going to talk to him. But he also didn't expect to have a ZAP attack and embarrass himself in front of all the kids in his school.