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Devoted
by Dean Koontz
DNF at an hour left : Horrible autistic rep
Honestly the overall story line was pretty good. I probably would have given it a 3.4-4 star. The autistic representation started out pretty eh. It’s the typical representation that we get all the time. Super genius, Sheldon cooper type, white, male. A harmful stereotype but get we it all the time so I’m used to it (although this book was published this year and the author should have researched autism better and consulted with the group he was actually writing about) I did love the mother son relationship. His mother is a good mother and never treats him like a burden. what really pissed me off and made me quit: they “CURED” his autism. Which is really offensive and unnecessary. There is no cure. If a “cure” existed we don’t want it. We do not need to be fixed. He could still have been autistic for the storyline.
Trigger warnings: murder, extreme violence, cannibalism, functioning labels, bad rep of autism, etc.
Representation: MC is autistic.
Representation quality: 0/5
Honestly the overall story line was pretty good. I probably would have given it a 3.4-4 star. The autistic representation started out pretty eh. It’s the typical representation that we get all the time. Super genius, Sheldon cooper type, white, male. A harmful stereotype but get we it all the time so I’m used to it (although this book was published this year and the author should have researched autism better and consulted with the group he was actually writing about) I did love the mother son relationship. His mother is a good mother and never treats him like a burden. what really pissed me off and made me quit: they “CURED” his autism. Which is really offensive and unnecessary. There is no cure. If a “cure” existed we don’t want it. We do not need to be fixed. He could still have been autistic for the storyline.
Trigger warnings: murder, extreme violence, cannibalism, functioning labels, bad rep of autism, etc.
Representation: MC is autistic.
Representation quality: 0/5