Everyone told me this book was crap, and that I would hate it. I was ready to hate it after every page, but alas, I didn't hate it at all, yay! It reminded me of Adrian Mole, and it didn't even seem like the narrator was autistic to me. In fact, as far as I am concerned, he makes tons of sense.
I was tested for autism and ausberger's twice when I was a kid, I still think that maybe they were on to something. I am a doofus with math, but everything that guy said about crowds and strangers I am there with him. Not to mention my zillions of other odd traits. Instead of autism, I turned out to be gifted, but my guidance counselor told my mom I was retarded and I wouldn't be able to function by the second grade. Then, of course my mother told me this, so I kept waiting if I would stop "functioning" and I wondered if that meant I would poop my pants, or pass out or something. I was 5. My mother didn't "believe" in children, she said that they were mini-adults and could be told anything. On second thought, I probably don't have autism, thanks mom, thanks for this crazy.
Anywho, I didn't love the book, but I didn't hate it either. It was an easy read, it was endearing and a little sad, but worth a few hours of my life.
I started reading Clan of the Cave Bear. I am sick of looking at it on my reading list, and every girl that has read it goes crazy for it, so hopefully I will too, but if I don't love it in 100 pages, I never will.
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i had no idea about the autism testing and stuff... that is wild! i would have never thought that ever. but also your mom "not believing in children" made me laugh out loud and also miss the hell out of your mom.
i loved this book. i read it in like, 2 days. also you know clan of the cave bear was my crack for a while. although i am strictly anti-books-with-a-map-in-the-front, this was my one exception.
yeah, I was in kindergarten and evidently I stared a lot and zoned out all the time, but my grades were really good. Nothing has really changed.
I like Clan of the Cave Bear already and I am on page 60, so looks like I will be hooked in.
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