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I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak
jn0el's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75
Great autism memoir!
awbreestrawbree's review against another edition
1.0
I really wanted to like this book as I've been working on engaging in more autistic perspectives, and consuming content by actually autistc people. I would reccommend this author's articles that I've read, but I wouldn't reccommend this book to actually autistic people who have already done their own research. At best, this could be an introductory insight to neurotypical people. It does include surface level descriptions of various aspects of the autistic experiences or traits of autistc people, but in my opinion could have been edited down to a long article and gotten the same out of it with some time saved reading.
Overall, it was difficult to find any meaning or story over the seemingly surface level explanations of the author's experience. I wished it had dug deeper into her experiences/feelings and how she actually grew to accept herself as an autistic person, or even if not delving into her own emotional journey, further into the experiences themselves, but instead I found it was a very generalized overview of her life with a touch of history on some of the articles she's written, and clogged up by what I felt to be unnecessary inner dialogue that didn't seem to actually go anywhere or really say anything.
This feels like it reads as more of a first draft of an English class assignment, especially with the element of the footnotes. I think it was supposed to be a quirky little add-on, and could potentially read that way to some, but for me, added to the chaos of the inner dialogue I was already struggling to follow.
Overall, it was difficult to find any meaning or story over the seemingly surface level explanations of the author's experience. I wished it had dug deeper into her experiences/feelings and how she actually grew to accept herself as an autistic person, or even if not delving into her own emotional journey, further into the experiences themselves, but instead I found it was a very generalized overview of her life with a touch of history on some of the articles she's written, and clogged up by what I felt to be unnecessary inner dialogue that didn't seem to actually go anywhere or really say anything.
This feels like it reads as more of a first draft of an English class assignment, especially with the element of the footnotes. I think it was supposed to be a quirky little add-on, and could potentially read that way to some, but for me, added to the chaos of the inner dialogue I was already struggling to follow.
azureyoshi's review against another edition
3.0
This book really manages to capture the flavor and severity of self-loathing I had as a teenager incredibly well. The constant self-loathing got pretty hard to read at points, though.
emilymax21's review against another edition
fast-paced
4.5
I don’t love her usage of “normals” in refering to people without autism, but I do understand the sentiment behind it. I think this book is a pretty good depiction of Autism in adults & in late diagnosed people.
It’s great for people without autism to get a little better understanding, and great for people with autism who need something to relate to. I especially love the emphasis on how every autistic person is different, regardless of levels or support needs.
It’s great for people without autism to get a little better understanding, and great for people with autism who need something to relate to. I especially love the emphasis on how every autistic person is different, regardless of levels or support needs.
kpbake427's review against another edition
4.0
One of the most relatable experiences I've read so far.
elisadeth's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
relaxing
fast-paced
4.5
Her way of writing is brilliant, direct and soothing. Great lines of humour as well. A book that gives an insight to the actual struggles of un-diagnosed austists (or neurodivergents more generally).
I want to read the book again.one time was not enough.
I want to read the book again.one time was not enough.