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Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden
30 reviews
amiiliy's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
wheelyautistic's review
5.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
mothreadsbookssometimes's review against another edition
4.5
I liked the content warnings (though I do wish there had been a warning for the discussions of bullying) and the markers of exactly where the triggering content was. I thought that was incredibly helpful. I liked the combination of memoir, self-help, and information about autism. It was well-balanced, which I feel like most nonfiction books of that type struggle to pull off.
I’m docking half a point because I wish Hayden would’ve done more with the Disney movie analogies (you can’t lead the book by saying you’re going to connect everything to three Disney movies and then reference ten movies, and only a few times in the entire book). And, good god, the fucking grammar. I don’t care about UK/Australian spellings, but use the goddamn Oxford comma!!! And there were a lot of sentences that didn’t quite make sense, or redundant paragraphs that could’ve been removed.
I’m also just a little bummed because I didn’t find it super helpful. I think that if I’d read this when I was first learning about being autistic, it would’ve been great, but now I’m at a place where I accept myself so I didn’t really need most of what Hayden was saying.
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual assault
aseel_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism and Bullying
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
madelinequinne's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
electraheart05's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicide
cosmicsapphic's review against another edition
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
katiewhocanread's review against another edition
Graphic: Ableism and Bullying
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicide
teatales's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism
sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Ableism and Bullying
Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail