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Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World by Laura James

gilly22's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

kjovertherainbow's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

mherrema's review against another edition

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hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

cat_queen005's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

aimzog's review

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2.0

I find it hard to review this book bring on such a personal topic. It was very raw and informative. But found it quite long and challenging to read.

cammie13's review

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

bookietracey's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

3.5

kindle_and_crossstitch's review against another edition

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3.0


I wanted to read this to better my understanding of autism and enable me to be a better ally. For the most part I enjoyed listening to it, but the last third I found very repetitive of things said earlier on and I did get bored.

lysstea's review

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4.0

James' memoir helped broaden my worldview regarding autism and more specifically autistic women. In a world favoring neurotypical people, it can be easy to remain ignorant without seeking the information out. It was helpful to learn about autism through the lens of her real-life experiences. My understanding has deepened and my curiosity has been piqued.

anouk_luypaert's review against another edition

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Some things were somewhat recognizable as I have autism myself and was diagnosed late in life, but it wasn't enough for me to spend my time trying to get through the amount of boring details and a story that did not engage me. Rather spend my time reading other books.