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A review by melthemighty
Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan
4.0
Most of the time I read books that are light and have absolutely nothing to do with my reality. This book here brought up a lot of emotions and memories that I normally avoid. I rate it four stars because it really is extremely well written and because most of the story seems very realistic and I think that was the intention of the book.
Unfortunately, there is one tiny part of this book that made me hate it. I'm not taking my anger out on the rating, because it's really only three pages or so that make me so extremely angry, it wouldn't be right to hate the whole book for it. More on this later, I'll try to focus on an actual review first, the rest will get personal later on.
I love Emmet and Jeremey and the way the book portrays the development of their relationship. I even ended up liking David, who was a real headache at first. But what this book really achieves is that you can learn to see what is special in people and how strangely different people are and how they can complement each other.
This is Emmet and Jeremey, they develop so many adaptations to each other that make them a perfectly matched pair. But they don't compromise their personalities, they talk to each other and observe each other and find modifications. I think that's one of the things I really like about this book. Mutual consideration is so important in any kind of relationship. But it is just as important to remain true to yourself. And these two show how to do it in a wonderful way.
To be clear, I have absolutely no personal experience with people affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder and therefore cannot reflect what are true representations of Emmet's characteristics. As with so many mental disabilities, each person is very special and unique. And I love the way Emmet is portrayed. I love the descriptions of how he sees the world and how everything around him affects him.
He is an absolute sweetheart and what I love most is how he sets himself the goal of Jeremey becoming his boyfriend and how it actually happens.
The night before I practiced all my facial recognition charts and went through my flash cards of appropriate getting-to-know-a-boyfriend conversation.
Unfortunately, there is one tiny part of this book that made me hate it. I'm not taking my anger out on the rating, because it's really only three pages or so that make me so extremely angry, it wouldn't be right to hate the whole book for it. More on this later, I'll try to focus on an actual review first, the rest will get personal later on.
I love Emmet and Jeremey and the way the book portrays the development of their relationship. I even ended up liking David, who was a real headache at first. But what this book really achieves is that you can learn to see what is special in people and how strangely different people are and how they can complement each other.
This is Emmet and Jeremey, they develop so many adaptations to each other that make them a perfectly matched pair. But they don't compromise their personalities, they talk to each other and observe each other and find modifications. I think that's one of the things I really like about this book. Mutual consideration is so important in any kind of relationship. But it is just as important to remain true to yourself. And these two show how to do it in a wonderful way.
To be clear, I have absolutely no personal experience with people affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder and therefore cannot reflect what are true representations of Emmet's characteristics. As with so many mental disabilities, each person is very special and unique. And I love the way Emmet is portrayed. I love the descriptions of how he sees the world and how everything around him affects him.
He is an absolute sweetheart and what I love most is how he sets himself the goal of Jeremey becoming his boyfriend and how it actually happens.
The night before I practiced all my facial recognition charts and went through my flash cards of appropriate getting-to-know-a-boyfriend conversation.