Sherron O. (SherronO) reviewed NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY on 10/26/2008 + 12 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I never even finished this book. And I tried repeatedly, and skipped around trying to read different parts, trying to find what is is about this book that makes people keep recommending it. I have an Asperger's child and he is NOTHING like this child. It's like Hadden took every symptom that he'd heard that perhaps an Asperger's child could have (most do not have ALL symptoms), made them as bad as they could be, then tried to pretend like a child that badly afflicted could write, at the moment it is happening, such knowing and insightful things about himself, but could only do it in the language and syntax of a 5 year old. And that in the end, there's a puppy and everyone suddenly loves and understands each other and everything is just rainbow great. geez. There was not one real or even likable character. I hope this book goes silently into the oblivion it deserves, and that it doesn't become the next stereotype of Autism that we have to fight.

And even tho I'd love for someone to take this trash off my hands, I have to be honest.

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