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kassiil's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
hemloc's review against another edition
4.0
Five reasons to read Everyday Aspergers:
1) Chapter 6 is a list of the author's autistic traits, and it's very personable (eg. "I don't want to go . . . It's too much work for me to put on a bra") and relatable, sometimes surprisingly so (eg. "If I'm her best friend, why does she need more friends than me?" which describes every experience I've had with a best friend).
2) The fact that the DSM has financial ties with the pharmaceutical industry is depressing but good to know.
3) I like the variety of writing forms: the memories, philosophies, lists, and poetry (though I wasn't a fan of the latter).
4) A lot of the chapters contain gems that I very much enjoyed reading.
5) It's a worldview of which we should all be aware and better informed. Obviously, it is not gospel and an entire view of autism cannot be gained from this one book.
Four drawbacks to Everyday Aspergers:
1) The author uses outdated terms but gives a reason for it in the introduction. Regardless, it strikes me as unwise to have one of those outdated terms, especially one that is so controversial, in the title.
2) A rule in fiction is to make readers root for the main character right from the start. That rule applies to non-fiction as well. I was not invested in the first few chapters because I didn't care about the author's troubles.
3) If you are someone who struggles with certain types of humour because it does not compute in your brain and you are writing a book for other people with similar brains, it would make sense to explain the things that had to be explained to you and not leave readers to fill in the blank. I still have no clue what the trouble with the personalised license plate was about.
4) Some of the sections didn't interest me, and nothing in the content or the way it was written made me want to push through and read it anyway.
1) Chapter 6 is a list of the author's autistic traits, and it's very personable (eg. "I don't want to go . . . It's too much work for me to put on a bra") and relatable, sometimes surprisingly so (eg. "If I'm her best friend, why does she need more friends than me?" which describes every experience I've had with a best friend).
2) The fact that the DSM has financial ties with the pharmaceutical industry is depressing but good to know.
3) I like the variety of writing forms: the memories, philosophies, lists, and poetry (though I wasn't a fan of the latter).
4) A lot of the chapters contain gems that I very much enjoyed reading.
5) It's a worldview of which we should all be aware and better informed. Obviously, it is not gospel and an entire view of autism cannot be gained from this one book.
Four drawbacks to Everyday Aspergers:
1) The author uses outdated terms but gives a reason for it in the introduction. Regardless, it strikes me as unwise to have one of those outdated terms, especially one that is so controversial, in the title.
2) A rule in fiction is to make readers root for the main character right from the start. That rule applies to non-fiction as well. I was not invested in the first few chapters because I didn't care about the author's troubles.
3) If you are someone who struggles with certain types of humour because it does not compute in your brain and you are writing a book for other people with similar brains, it would make sense to explain the things that had to be explained to you and not leave readers to fill in the blank. I still have no clue what the trouble with the personalised license plate was about.
4) Some of the sections didn't interest me, and nothing in the content or the way it was written made me want to push through and read it anyway.
picking_back_up's review
it got harder for me to read more, as it was already personal to Craft's experiences.
daneosaur's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like this book more than I did. Reading how the author looks at the world and experiences things was interesting, and it’s always helpful for my aspie brain to connect with others’ stories... but (I feel awful saying this but I wish I had been warned), the poetry and prose was mind-numbing. I eventually started skipping those pages.
08151991j's review
3.0
Autism: Pros and Cons
Samantha Craft gives a readers a glance into her everyday life with autism. She mentions some pros such as intelligence, and memory, but she outweighed the pros with cons. The cons Craft also points out cons such as D
Depression, anxiety, loneliness, naivete emotions and embarrassment. She seems to blame autism on why she seems miserable,
She even mentions that she wished there was a cure for it. Autism does not cause depression or anxiety. Those disorders are separate from autism. They are comorbid, but it depends on the experiences of someone on the spectrum.
Samantha Craft gives a readers a glance into her everyday life with autism. She mentions some pros such as intelligence, and memory, but she outweighed the pros with cons. The cons Craft also points out cons such as D
Depression, anxiety, loneliness, naivete emotions and embarrassment. She seems to blame autism on why she seems miserable,
She even mentions that she wished there was a cure for it. Autism does not cause depression or anxiety. Those disorders are separate from autism. They are comorbid, but it depends on the experiences of someone on the spectrum.
jenbot's review against another edition
5.0
So insightful. I love all of her writings, and this was a beautiful way to express such complex emotions that female aspies experience.
debsd's review
2.0
I've tried to read this twice, and dnf'd it twice. I suspect that it might be okay as a series of blog-posts, but as a book, it just doesn't stand up. The writing is immature and irritating and there is nothing profound here. There is an occasional insight but far too much generalisation about AS to make this a useful read for anyone wanting a better understanding.
nekokat's review
1.0
Meh. This had a couple of interesting entries, but for the most part it's just reading the Livejournal of someone you don't know (which, since it's a collection of blog posts, is pretty much exactly what it is). She seems nice enough but most of the entries are both deeply personal and lacking all context. For the most part, she doesn't talk about Asperger's at all, or when she does she over-generalizes to say that all "females" with Asperger's are exactly like her, even down to having "soulful" eyes. Plus there's a bunch of bad poetry about God or whatever? I'm glad that her blog helped her in her journey of self-discovery but it didn't have much to offer me.
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