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bookaddictrn's review against another edition
3.0
3 1/2 rounded down. Expected to read more about the relationship between Abdel and Philippe. Most of the book was about the adventures of Abdel’s troubled childhood.
castiellucis's review
3.0
Rating: 3.5
'Ethics are your ethics and action is your action. It’s inside of you, in your inwardness, in your mystery, in its silence that you’ll find the Other and the ground of your morals.'
'To understand the moral of the story: that losing your physical autonomy isn’t losing your life. That handicaps aren’t strange animals that we can stare at without blushing, that there’s no reason to avoid their gaze either.'
'Ethics are your ethics and action is your action. It’s inside of you, in your inwardness, in your mystery, in its silence that you’ll find the Other and the ground of your morals.'
'To understand the moral of the story: that losing your physical autonomy isn’t losing your life. That handicaps aren’t strange animals that we can stare at without blushing, that there’s no reason to avoid their gaze either.'
a_schneidler's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.0
avpardue's review against another edition
3.0
I absolutely loved the movie The Upside, so I figured the book must be great. And while I certainly did enjoy the book, I think it was mostly because I liked the movie so much. This book seems to skip a lot of details. There are opportunities missed where Abdel could have given us more, and I wish he had. But overall, this story is amazing, and I love the positive message it sends.