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A review by pendularsand
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Did I read this all in one day? Hell yeah I did bc it was fantastic.
Never ever have I seen the internal monologue of a protagonist and thought, “she’s just like me, she understands” so many times that it brought me to tears.
Too many of her experiences were unfortunately exactly like mine and although it’s sad that autistic people have such universally shit experiences, it really made me happy to see it written down in a published book like??? People can just read this and know how it feels and know what it’s like and that’s AWESOME!! More of this please!
I love Addie so much <33
Never ever have I seen the internal monologue of a protagonist and thought, “she’s just like me, she understands” so many times that it brought me to tears.
Too many of her experiences were unfortunately exactly like mine and although it’s sad that autistic people have such universally shit experiences, it really made me happy to see it written down in a published book like??? People can just read this and know how it feels and know what it’s like and that’s AWESOME!! More of this please!
I love Addie so much <33
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Minor: Torture and Violence
This book has very graphic depictions of ableism both through discussing history, a character being institutionalised, and Addie is repeatedly bullied. The R slur is used once.
Brief mention of witches being tortured to admit they’re witches, this is not detailed.