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lekiwi's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
misslonely85's review against another edition
4.0
J'ai lu ce livre un an après avoir appris que j'étais Asperger et cette BD m'a fait un bien fou. J'aimerais pouvoir en offrir un exemplaire à tous ceux qui ont du mal à comprendre ce que ça représente exactement d'être Asperger. C'est un livre à lire absolument, non seulement pour les femmes autistes, mais pour ceux qui côtoient des gens faisant partie du spectre de l'autisme.
kal_el_'s review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
aru12's review against another edition
3.0
This was an interesting graphic novel to read. On one side, I very much relate Marguerite's personality and autistic traits as we share many of them. Her story is so sweet, but also painful: it was hard for her to get her diagnosis, and once she "came out", she either had to educate a lot of people in her life or lose them forever. The minimalistic illustrations are evocative, and the use of color really tells you how she feels and who is relevant to this story. Up until here, everything's good.
However, some things can also be problematic in this narrative, which I kind of understand given that the author does explain that education on ASD is limited in her country. However, I wish she had done better research before writing this book. For one, she doesn't explain that the reason why it is not called Asperger's anymore is because Hans Asperger was a n*zi who sent children to be murdered via euthanasia during WW2. She also talks positively about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, which is highly controversial in the autistic community given that it pathologizes people (especially children) and suppresses their needs in order to make them act "neurotypically".
All in all, it might be a very relatable and affirming book for many autistics, but it also shares some harmful ideas about ASD that are unacceptable in this day and age.
However, some things can also be problematic in this narrative, which I kind of understand given that the author does explain that education on ASD is limited in her country. However, I wish she had done better research before writing this book. For one, she doesn't explain that the reason why it is not called Asperger's anymore is because Hans Asperger was a n*zi who sent children to be murdered via euthanasia during WW2. She also talks positively about Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, which is highly controversial in the autistic community given that it pathologizes people (especially children) and suppresses their needs in order to make them act "neurotypically".
All in all, it might be a very relatable and affirming book for many autistics, but it also shares some harmful ideas about ASD that are unacceptable in this day and age.
mid_reads_books's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
jentidders's review
4.0
I've been looking forward to the English translation of this graphic novel for AGES and am so glad to finally read it. Invisible Stories tells the moving tale of Marguerite, a young woman whose undiagnosed Asperger Syndrome is causing huge struggles in her life including at work, with her partner, and in her daily activities. As a woman who also received a late-diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Condition, I could hugely relate to her feelings of awkwardness, sensitivity and irritability, and her elation when she discovers a description of autism that fits her to a tee. Like Marguerite, after diagnosis I was able to adapt my world so that it works for me, changing my life for the better. This is a fantastic and validating book for anyone who has been through the experience of realising they are autistic, and also a great book to give friends and relatives of autistics to explain what it is and what it is like. I loved the illustrations which perfectly captured and conveyed what was happening in the story. I've already pre-ordered my own copy!