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A review by knittyreader
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
4.0
I love Picoult's style of writing - as my husband remarked, with 'House Rules' it was the first time since his ts two months ago that I had hyperfocus while reading a book - something I had regularly before that. So yes, I have to thank Picoult for bringing this piece of joy back to me!
Talking about my husband ... that is the only reason I do not give this book a five-star-rating. At the start of the book mother Emma tells how she only knew about the Rainman-type of person with autism, that this movie does not show an accurate view on Asperger's, and that this view scared her. My husband is an Aspie, and absolutely nothing like Rainman. Jacob, meanwhile, was a Rainman-figure too. I think it is a shame that Picoult pictured the same view on Asperger's she denounced on the first pages. My husband is an Aspie, and he is wonderful, not at all as ... difficult as Jacob is.
Talking about my husband ... that is the only reason I do not give this book a five-star-rating. At the start of the book mother Emma tells how she only knew about the Rainman-type of person with autism, that this movie does not show an accurate view on Asperger's, and that this view scared her. My husband is an Aspie, and absolutely nothing like Rainman. Jacob, meanwhile, was a Rainman-figure too. I think it is a shame that Picoult pictured the same view on Asperger's she denounced on the first pages. My husband is an Aspie, and he is wonderful, not at all as ... difficult as Jacob is.