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Loved this book. Having Asperger's myself, I could relate to everything Nathanial went through. The desire to be a genius, the taking metaphors and expressions seriously, obsession with various things, excelling in certain places but failing in others (he is super adept in math, I in English and Art), echoing other peoples' words, and mental shutdowns when someone [inadvertantly] threatens to move things around, or touch their things, or meddle with it in any way (I once almost had -what I think is- a true blue panic attack because my family moved all the things in my room and I couldn't find anything immediately). Even his distant relationship with his biological father. This author did a good job at describing Asperger's and creating Nathanial as a person with a different brain than "neurotypical" people do. The files with dates like little diaries were also fun to read. It was mechanic and verbatim, giving you another insight to the Asperger's mind: Everything is orderly, methodical, and organized to a T. And it gives you a sense how emotions are not immediately played into us Aspies's decisions and outlook on life. Robotic as Nathanial has pointed out, is not necessarily true, but it certainly seems like it. This seems like a very good Literature Circle read or whatever you teachers call it when you assign a group/class of kids to read a book altogether and reflect on it. Something with the theme of mental disorders, syndromes, or messed up brains. This would be perfect for the Asperger's aspect.

2022-10-02 18:55