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Reading difficulties related to autism?

VerityL
2 months ago

When I read I have a hard time with remembering the names of the characters in the books. I don't remember having this problem up until about two years ago. 

It's put me off reading a little because by the end I've got the plot ingrained in my memory but can't remember who's who. Frustrating isn't in it!

Is this an autism thing? I didn't consider this before but now I've had a bit of time to think it over I was wondering if it might be an autistic quirk I've somehow acquired. 

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  • 2 months ago
    VerityL said:
    It's put me off reading a little because by the end I've got the plot ingrained in my memory but can't remember who's who.

    I try to visualise the characters to keep their names in mind but like you, this does not always work, especially in a complex plot with dozens of characters in different threads of the story.

    I found keeping a sheet of A4 in the book to write the character and a one line summary of them helped. You can add a bit more to the entry for that character if they die, turn bad, get married etc.

    This is especially helpful when some books span multiple volumes. I'm reading a load of books from an author called Raymond Feist at the moment and there are about 20 books set in the world with lots of character interactions across continents, storylines and continents so this helps me when I think "who the heck are they again?".

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  • 2 months ago
    VerityL said:
    It's put me off reading a little because by the end I've got the plot ingrained in my memory but can't remember who's who.

    I try to visualise the characters to keep their names in mind but like you, this does not always work, especially in a complex plot with dozens of characters in different threads of the story.

    I found keeping a sheet of A4 in the book to write the character and a one line summary of them helped. You can add a bit more to the entry for that character if they die, turn bad, get married etc.

    This is especially helpful when some books span multiple volumes. I'm reading a load of books from an author called Raymond Feist at the moment and there are about 20 books set in the world with lots of character interactions across continents, storylines and continents so this helps me when I think "who the heck are they again?".

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