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A review by petealdin
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
5.0
It's interesting to read a book that jumps from first person present tense, to 3rd person past tense and back again...and actually works!
The author's insights into both the spectrum of autism and what it must be like to live in those worlds are moving and respectful. I found myself genuinely questioning what "normal" is. And I was caught up in the difficulty of the decision that Lou has to make: whether or not to try an experimental cure for autism that will fundamentally change who he is.
I wouldn't class this as science fiction, though it's fiction set a few years in the future and based on the potential for a scientific procedure to fundamentally change people's lives. I read this as drama.
Tense, warm, funny, sad. Lovely book.
The author's insights into both the spectrum of autism and what it must be like to live in those worlds are moving and respectful. I found myself genuinely questioning what "normal" is. And I was caught up in the difficulty of the decision that Lou has to make: whether or not to try an experimental cure for autism that will fundamentally change who he is.
I wouldn't class this as science fiction, though it's fiction set a few years in the future and based on the potential for a scientific procedure to fundamentally change people's lives. I read this as drama.
Tense, warm, funny, sad. Lovely book.