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Elizabeth
Jul 19, 2007 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: england, fiction
Pretty good...

I think people may have misinterpreted my review before, so im revising. All I was trying to say is that I liked how the book encouraged clear communication and direction. I think that is something we all need.
Tracy
Aug 25, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Interesting background of the main character, who is basically someone with 'disability', such that he cannot understand and detect human emotions, but is an expert on solving complicated maths problem.

While we have always look at things from one point of view, our own, this book will show us how people who have the disorder look at logic and daily lives.

I enjoy this book very much because of the interesting way the young boy seem to look at things surrounding him.

There's a tinge of pity for the
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Summer Rae Garcia
Jul 04, 2007 rated it liked it
I thought I was going to hate this, and I kept waiting to hate it, but I liked it after all. It isn't going down in my list of favorites but I enjoyed it. And I think I am a little autistic because most of the things he thought didn't seem all that unusual to me. ...more
Rachel
I found this one for a dollar, and I've always wanted to check him out. It was exellent. I loved the narrator. ...more
superawesomekt
Mar 12, 2007 rated it it was ok
Shelves: mystery
Yi-Sheng
Mar 24, 2007 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: bestseller
alana
Mar 27, 2007 rated it liked it
Yi-Sheng
Mar 30, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: bestseller
Becca
May 02, 2007 rated it really liked it
Mihika
May 10, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Jonathan Perry
May 12, 2007 marked it as to-read
Ryan
May 19, 2007 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: borrowed, 1001
mstan
Jun 09, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: british
Christina
Jun 13, 2007 rated it really liked it
Amy Nash Parker
Jun 30, 2007 rated it really liked it
Scott
Jul 04, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: bookclub
Katie
Dec 12, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Gaelyn
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Jayme Pendergraft
Jun 17, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2009
Courtney
Nov 18, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Terri FL
Jun 17, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Camille
Jun 23, 2011 rated it liked it
Anie
Sep 01, 2011 marked it as to-read
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