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A review by foamoftheocean
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
1.0
TW FOR ABLEISM. LOTS OF IT. Violence.
And murder. Read at your own risk.
Spoilers too, but I don’t reccomend reading this.
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Holy shit. Holy fucking shit.
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I usually LOVE Jodi Picoult’s books. She writes in a style that I like and writes her characters and points of view differently.
But holy shit.
This was traumatising to read.
For context, I am autistic, I luckily have been professionally diagnosed when I was quite young. I live being autistic every day.
This book was the most disgusting thing I’ve ever read. I am genuinely shocked this got published and approved. If I could give this book 0 stars, I 100% would.
The harmful retoric that vaccines cause autism was mentioned and was BELIEVED BY THE MOTHER. Not only has it been debunked MULTIPLE TIMES by scientists, but it is harmful. If you don’t give the kids vaccines, you’re scared of autism (an eyebrow raise imo) but you’re putting your kid at risk to harmful and life threatening diseases that you could have prevented with a simple vaccine. The doctor also believes it in one of the testimonies. Absolutely fucking sick. How did someone approve this shit???
Theo also is one of rhe most least likeable characters ever. He calls his brother the r slur (retard, i won’t say it again since it is triggering), says he doesn’t want kids because he spent his “whole childhood dealing with autism, I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life dealing with it too”, says he wishes his brother would be gone as it would solve all of his problems. It made me really upset, as I wonderes if anyone, even my own sister, might have felt this about me too. It was reallt hard to get through, and allistic (non-autistic) people might turn a blind eye, but it was reallt hard to get through. He also spied on her while she was nakedbecause he had the hots for her which I was like...ew.
And do not get me STARTED on Emma (the mother). She believed vaccines caused autism for one which I mentioned earlier, and she also completely disregarded Theo. She says “quirks” which made me stare in disgust. Like.....? She also says autism is a different ability which is
And murder. Read at your own risk.
Spoilers too, but I don’t reccomend reading this.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Holy shit. Holy fucking shit.
I
I usually LOVE Jodi Picoult’s books. She writes in a style that I like and writes her characters and points of view differently.
But holy shit.
This was traumatising to read.
For context, I am autistic, I luckily have been professionally diagnosed when I was quite young. I live being autistic every day.
This book was the most disgusting thing I’ve ever read. I am genuinely shocked this got published and approved. If I could give this book 0 stars, I 100% would.
The harmful retoric that vaccines cause autism was mentioned and was BELIEVED BY THE MOTHER. Not only has it been debunked MULTIPLE TIMES by scientists, but it is harmful. If you don’t give the kids vaccines, you’re scared of autism (an eyebrow raise imo) but you’re putting your kid at risk to harmful and life threatening diseases that you could have prevented with a simple vaccine. The doctor also believes it in one of the testimonies. Absolutely fucking sick. How did someone approve this shit???
Theo also is one of rhe most least likeable characters ever. He calls his brother the r slur (retard, i won’t say it again since it is triggering), says he doesn’t want kids because he spent his “whole childhood dealing with autism, I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life dealing with it too”, says he wishes his brother would be gone as it would solve all of his problems. It made me really upset, as I wonderes if anyone, even my own sister, might have felt this about me too. It was reallt hard to get through, and allistic (non-autistic) people might turn a blind eye, but it was reallt hard to get through. He also spied on her while she was nakedbecause he had the hots for her which I was like...ew.
And do not get me STARTED on Emma (the mother). She believed vaccines caused autism for one which I mentioned earlier, and she also completely disregarded Theo. She says “quirks” which made me stare in disgust. Like.....? She also says autism is a different ability which is