Christine (luvmygem) - reviewed on 7/5/2010 + 86 more book reviews

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As a person who has not any real experience dealing with autism or Asperger's, I do feel I gained some insight into the disorder by reading this book. It is obviously very well-researched, and I like the author's writing style. The story flows very nicely between several points of view, and she tries to teach you something about Asperger's and autism, as well as instill compassion in people who deal with this. The plot is interesting, but the ending is a little weak - I think it was a little unrealistic in that the people who knew Jacob, and how he needed to be communicated with in order to obtain an answer to a question, would have known how to ask him the relevant questions. Instead, the author dragged it out the legal battle a bit, as if in order to have a reason to demonstrate a few more examples of Asperger's behavior, sort of turn the screws on Jacob a bit, and that made me think it was a little gratuitous. But I guess if Jacob had been prompted to tell what he saw and did, as he would have if this was happening in real life, then there would not have been a reason to write this book! Still it was an entertaining read, and I would recommend it.

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