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bluedilly's review
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I am not emotional enough in the ways people expect, and too emotional in ways they do not like to see. [...] I don't ask the right questions or care about the right things. I don't thank people as much as they seem to want to be thanked. I like to be alone a lot more than other people, and I need things to be a certain way. [...] I have felt like the wrong kind of daughter, the wrong kind of sister, and the wrong kind of friend.
I have yet to see someone who hasn't been correct in their self-diagnosis. People are experts on themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Animal death
Moderate: Bullying, Ableism, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Mental illness
Minor: Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship
o3tri's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Reading this was a very valuable experience for understanding myself better and making me feel hopeful and motivated in organizing my life with my needs in mind and in the way that makes most sense for me. I'm also very glad that different autistic perspectives and lives were featured. I do wish it went a bit more in depth in some areas, the book wasn't what I expected it to be but I still got a lot of value from reading it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Ableism, Cancer, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Domestic abuse
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