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I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed reading from the perspective of someone with Asperger's. It reminded me of both Marcelo and the Real World and Jack Gantos' Joey Pigza books. It also made a lot of interesting points about agency and free will. However, the book was far too introspective for my liking...there is very little plot, and the messages about agency and independence felt very heavy handed. An interesting read, but I could feel the author pulling the stri
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This book really takes the reader into the mind of a woman with Asperger's Syndrome. The prose is written in the literal way that someone with Asperger's might think. The reader is only shown the world through the point of view of this young woman, and is shown how confusing the world can be, especially figurative language. It takes work to read this book, because there are several layers to unfold in order to understand what is happening in the story. Taylor's longing for independence may be co
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3.5
Jan 28, 2013
Vaile
marked it as to-read
Jan 28, 2013
Ms. Pansulla
added it
Jun 23, 2013
Julia
marked it as to-read
