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bug_lightyear's review
2.0
An awful book. Why did an author who has no first hand experience in autism choose to write such a story? The main character is an autistic kid who sees colours for sounds and is face blind, and is framing himself as a murderer but nobody believes him. This book has bullying, r-word insults, child abuse and more awful themes, and the autistic kid is mostly a stereotype of being a genius at painting and doing quite bad with social cues, with a dad who doesn't understand his stimming (flapping and rocking to keep up with the stereotypes). He loves parakeets and despite other reviewers hating them I actually missed more heavy infodumping because he clearly has a deep interest in them and knows more than we're told.
The intrigue peaks with more child abuse and a very distressed main character. I got this book for free because the library was giving it away and I was wondering why, well now I understand, it's not a good book especially taken as a book to understand autism or synaesthesia. I was looking forward to reading a possibly relatable book from an autistic point of view, but it's written by someone who did research, and that research falls short from portraying a genuine autistic character.
I usually avoid these kind of books and themes and should have looked at content warnings before.
The intrigue peaks with more child abuse and a very distressed main character. I got this book for free because the library was giving it away and I was wondering why, well now I understand, it's not a good book especially taken as a book to understand autism or synaesthesia. I was looking forward to reading a possibly relatable book from an autistic point of view, but it's written by someone who did research, and that research falls short from portraying a genuine autistic character.
I usually avoid these kind of books and themes and should have looked at content warnings before.
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Gun violence
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Vomit, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Ableism
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