Lily wrote:
tonnaree wrote:
Lily wrote:
I don't understand why this book is so highly praised. I didn't like it much.
The main character was neither likeable nor relatable and - in my opinion - not a good despiction of a person with autism. I felt like the author looked up a list of characteristics of people with autism and just cramped as many aspects as possible into this book while forgetting to give his protagonist a proper personality.
I have to respectfully disagree wtih you there Lily.
My son is a high functioning autistic and I was very moved by the main character's portryal. I really related to both him and his father.
I hope I haven't offended you, tonnaree! Maybe it's a stupid thing for me to say that I find it an unrealistic portrayal, since I don't know people with autism myself. I had a great interest in the topic some time ago and read several books about autism and many of them written by autistic people, and I liked those much more than this book. It's just... maybe it was the writing style, I don't know.I just wasn't able to find anything likable about Christopher.
Also the fact that no one really seems to care about the fact that an innocent animal got brutally murdered in this story. 'Oh, it's just a minor crime, nothing to worry about.'
I know that many people love this book but I just don't understand it.
No no, not insulted at all. Just offering another opinion.
Needless to say with my son the subject is very close to my heart.
Another book I really liked was "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult
http://www.amazon.com/House-Rules-Novel-Jodi-Picoult/dp/0743296443/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393612947&sr=1-13&keywords=jodi+picoult"When your son can’t look you in the eye . . . does that mean he’s guilty?Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right.But when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight. For Jacob’s mother, Emma, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.And over this small family, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?"
I think that JP did a great job of showing how a child with autism effects the entire family dynamic.
One of the problems people with autism face is seeming very unlikeable on the surface, through no fault of their own.
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