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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Someone I know who feels they are on the spectrum recommended this to me. The first half of the book was hard for me. I found it hard to understand what the author was going through. But that was the point for me. It helped me view what people on the autistic spectrum go through.
In the end, I felt that the conclusions she came to were applicable to everyone. We all just get there in different ways. I highly recommend this book.
In the end, I felt that the conclusions she came to were applicable to everyone. We all just get there in different ways. I highly recommend this book.
I'm glad she got to tell this story if it was helpful for her, and I'm just gonna leave it at that
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Rounding up. I don't feel like the sections about politics really added anything to the book.
Every person on the spectrum has their own unique story. It was a hard read but i'm glad i did it.
This is somewhat informative. I wanted to read about autism from the female perspective, but I can’t say I enjoyed the book much.
From the start, James has a very self pitying tone that is drenched in the narrative and feels more of a “isn’t my life hard” aspect than learning about autism. Many of her experiences I related to, but I found it hard to warm up to her or like her. She also makes her husband come off as a jerk, and James doesn’t include other people with autism in the book to highlight how different the experience is for everyone. The insights from doctors and psychologist were interesting, but it needed more.
The writing isn’t very good. There’s a lot of staccato sentences and telling than showing. Yes, it’s a memoir, but it had no flair to it that made me want to keep reading it. James talks about her experiences as a journalist, and this feels like a journalist piece, and not her personal experiences at times.
From the start, James has a very self pitying tone that is drenched in the narrative and feels more of a “isn’t my life hard” aspect than learning about autism. Many of her experiences I related to, but I found it hard to warm up to her or like her. She also makes her husband come off as a jerk, and James doesn’t include other people with autism in the book to highlight how different the experience is for everyone. The insights from doctors and psychologist were interesting, but it needed more.
The writing isn’t very good. There’s a lot of staccato sentences and telling than showing. Yes, it’s a memoir, but it had no flair to it that made me want to keep reading it. James talks about her experiences as a journalist, and this feels like a journalist piece, and not her personal experiences at times.
As someone who works daily with kids on the Autism spectrum, I found her account of the ways that her Autism affects her life to be so interesting and eye-opening. I particularly loved how she found coping strategies as an adult learning to put a name to some of the challenges that she faced her entire life. This memoir is super relatable and inviting
I thought it was amazing---there's not tons of stuff out there about autistic girls, and very few about autistic women---and I would love to know more about her.
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced