DLWaters

Autism history in all it's horrifying glory.

Revisado: 07-10-21

Long but well researched. covers a lot of time and territory about a very contorted path to where we are now. If you want tips coping with autism, this is not your book.
if you want to know what autism is and how it was discovered, buckle up! it's a wild ride.

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intellectual mind candy at its best.

Revisado: 11-26-19

My first foray into discworld. I've been reading heavy stuff like Gravity's Rainbow and needed something less strenuous.

Loving the witches. Narrator is quite good for this genre.

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Helpful for understanding my own challenges

Revisado: 10-24-19

Narrator is okay. The personal stories are important and show how aspies are all different. This collection is like a box of gloves of different styles to try on. If you think you may be aspie, none of these gloves may fit you exactly but you might find several that almost fit and be surprised at how other aspie-gloves are very different from you.

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He keeps getting better

Revisado: 06-20-18

Better written and emotionally more mature. parenthetical asides are less intrusive than in past works. Excellent characters. Well narrated.

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Almost really good

Revisado: 05-23-18

Narrator is great. Story is interesting, but parenthetical in the extreme. It passes the time.

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Better than fantasy

Revisado: 10-13-17

Wow. Fantasy without cliche. Better integration of "magical" powers than most. Closer to science fiction, without space ships, but with the puzzles of "what if?" Explores the love-hate-envy-distrust that people have for those who are different, but with useful skills. Tension between privilege and oppression, written tradition vs empirical and intuitive exploration is expressed with compassion and simplicity. None of the pompous pretense that cripples most stories I've read about power structures and drastic change. Feels more like a readily accessible Dune (Frank Herbert) than a Tolkien world, but carries the freshness of world building that made those two authors so groundbreaking. An author to fall in love with. Great narrator, too!

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Great book! Fascinating.

Revisado: 08-16-17

I read a lot of science and I learned a ton I didn't know. Historical tales are fun, too!

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Well read, interesting and fun

Revisado: 08-03-17

Good audio version, well voiced characters, distinct personalities cone across clearly. Good meandering story, some R-rated sexuality, unlike Neverwhere, which was pretty tame and fine for most kids these days. Was sad when I finished the book to have it be over.

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unusual and wonderful fantasy

Revisado: 03-31-17

The story itself is unlike any other "fantasy" I've read. Give it time! At first the story feels odd, but this is due to having to develop a world and characters that aren't fantasy cliches. Like much great adult fiction, this story doesn't rush or hint too much are where it is going. By the end I was captivated by the central characters and how well things pull together as a folk tale, but not fairy tale. Easily enjoyable as an adult.
It takes a little time to get used to the narrator, but after listening I understand that it must have been a challenge to create easily discernable voices for a story with lots of conversation between central characters. Each voice comes to be meaningfully suited to the characters temperament. Not perfect, but better than many other narrators.

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Great story. Even better than I expected

Revisado: 12-30-16

super story, even better than the movie which is also excellent. look forward to next book.

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