Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi guys,
I think this is a brilliant book which has been adapted to make a wonderfully dynamic play. We did the play for our A-level practical and, after adjusting to dealing with the issue of something very personal to me (the class and teacher were all really supportive, which made it easier) I loved every minute.
I'm just interested to know what other people think of it? I'm not a huge fan of the depicition of Asperger's Syndrome within the book, myself. I find it a bit stereotypical, but that's just my opinion, because I'm very different to Christopher and my challenges often have little in common with what he struggles with. When we were doing the play, I also learned to bear in mind that sometimes protagonists who represent particular issues within society are stereotypical in order to appeal to audiences and to serve as character devices rather than naturalistic representations. The play itself isn't very naturalistic, it's more abstract, but...anyway.
For some reason, the book has been playing on my mind and I was wondering how other people feel about it!
Hope you're all having a good week so far,
LivAgain
I read the first chapter of that book as a Kindle sample. I liked her ideas on how we are different but had no appetite for the rest of the book.
There is also Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer. It won an award but an AS friend didn't like the way the main AS character was depicted - too stereotyped. I tried to read it and found the prose style clumsy so managed only two pages! The way the AS man's thought processes were described didn't ring true for me either.
Are there any fictional works about people on the spectrum by an author on the spectrum?