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A review by rjyc
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
2.0
Got about 30% of the way through before I put it down and never picked it back up again.
Biggest issue, for me, being the characters felt dull and uninspired. I can't personally vouch for how effective the author was at fleshing out an autistic character, but I personally feel the way Annika was portrayed was pretty icky. Annika is "autistic" in the way that a neurotypical person might think an autistic person may behave. A lot of her behaviour romanticized, a lot of her quirks subject to Jonathan's lustful gaze. It honestly made my skin crawl.
Thanks, but no thanks.
Biggest issue, for me, being the characters felt dull and uninspired. I can't personally vouch for how effective the author was at fleshing out an autistic character, but I personally feel the way Annika was portrayed was pretty icky. Annika is "autistic" in the way that a neurotypical person might think an autistic person may behave. A lot of her behaviour romanticized, a lot of her quirks subject to Jonathan's lustful gaze. It honestly made my skin crawl.
Thanks, but no thanks.