Member Review
Review by
Steph W, Reviewer
This is a personal memoir of OCD, autism and ADHD, in the form of a series of short, unconnected essays on subjects like time, death, Disney (special interests… if you know, you know!) and LA.
Everything revealed within these pages is very personal, raw and honest. There is not much that could be considered widely applicable, even to those with the same conditions, as the author is telling specific anecdotes and exploring her own feelings rather than speaking in generalities. As the saying goes, if you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism! That said, I still recognised much of myself and some of my loved ones within her experiences and thought processes.
I was particularly interested in the distinction between healthy and unhealthy obsessions and their differing effects on the author’s life and health. This is definitely a battle I am familiar with and Marianne Eloise explains it brilliantly.
The anecdotes aren’t in any sort of chronological order, so there is sometimes some overlap between the content in different essays, and while each essay is very well-written, the book as a whole lacks a cohesive flow from one chapter to the next, so it works better to dip in and out of it rather than sitting down to read it all in one go.
I would definitely recommend this as an insight into a neurodivergent mind and as a series of interesting essays in their own right.
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
Everything revealed within these pages is very personal, raw and honest. There is not much that could be considered widely applicable, even to those with the same conditions, as the author is telling specific anecdotes and exploring her own feelings rather than speaking in generalities. As the saying goes, if you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism! That said, I still recognised much of myself and some of my loved ones within her experiences and thought processes.
I was particularly interested in the distinction between healthy and unhealthy obsessions and their differing effects on the author’s life and health. This is definitely a battle I am familiar with and Marianne Eloise explains it brilliantly.
The anecdotes aren’t in any sort of chronological order, so there is sometimes some overlap between the content in different essays, and while each essay is very well-written, the book as a whole lacks a cohesive flow from one chapter to the next, so it works better to dip in and out of it rather than sitting down to read it all in one go.
I would definitely recommend this as an insight into a neurodivergent mind and as a series of interesting essays in their own right.
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
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