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A review by blueacorn1991
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
informative
reflective
fast-paced
0.5
I was very curious to read this book, but was utterly disappointed. I was hoping for an insightful read of a non-verbal person with autism, but in stead I read something that felt like someone roleplaying an autistic person. Online I read that there was controvery about if this book was truly written by Higashida, and I have the gut feeling to agree.
In the foreword people with autism are described as 'heroes' and in the foreword and in the book itself autistic lives are described as 'suffering' and a burden to others.
On top of that the contant use of 'us' to describe the author's personal experience really irked me. It implies that all autistic people do and think as described in this book, and that's just completely untrue.
The short stories included also did not make sense to me, and often had me wondering why they were there, as they had nothing to do with the subject of the book.
All in all, I finished it because it was a very short read, otherwise I would have DNF'ed it. Back to the thrift store it goes.
In the foreword people with autism are described as 'heroes' and in the foreword and in the book itself autistic lives are described as 'suffering' and a burden to others.
On top of that the contant use of 'us' to describe the author's personal experience really irked me. It implies that all autistic people do and think as described in this book, and that's just completely untrue.
The short stories included also did not make sense to me, and often had me wondering why they were there, as they had nothing to do with the subject of the book.
All in all, I finished it because it was a very short read, otherwise I would have DNF'ed it. Back to the thrift store it goes.