Michael's review
The Speed of Dark
by Elizabeth Moon
Michael's review
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Michael's review
rating:
This book has everything going for it. It takes place in a future in which a young man with autism (Aspergers, really) is able to figure out patterns and is invaluable in the field of computers but unable to understand personal relationships. A “cure” is discovered in which he has the opportunity to become “normal.” This, however, would mean abandoning his own identity and his way of understanding the world, for something totally unknown. The story is written in the first person, and, Moon, whose own son is autistic, does an outstanding job with getting the reader into the protagonist’s mind. If this book doesn’t make you ask questions about your own identity, nothing will.
