A review by jillyfay
The Color of Bee Larkham's Murder by Sarah J. Harris

3.0

I wanted to like this book, and there’s a lot I did. But....the kid had Synesthesia, was in the autism spectrum; AND had face blindness. So the synesthesia compensated to a degree for his face blindness, i get that. But, then the kid doesn’t understand idioms or sarcasm, yet says things that are sarcastic or metaphors. That’s not usually how it works. (I am an educational therapist and work with kids who have special needs). If you want to read an amazing book about synesthesia, then read A Mango Shaped Space. If you want to read a book about a kid it’s autism spectrum disorder and it’s a murder mystery, read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime. If you want to read an okay book sort of about both of these things combined, then read this.