Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on
•Pro: The author takes us to France, delights our senses with delicious food, and even interacts with locals.
•Pro: Martin just touched my heart. He was so genuine, and being in his head was pretty interesting.
•Pro: I learned so many things about neurodiversity that I did not know. It wasn't done in an info dump way, it was told through Martin's self reflections.
•Pro: Martin's sister, Elisabeth was pretty special, and so was their sibling bond. She loved Martin for Martin, and they shared some really beautiful moments in this story.
•Pro: I really loved the Skype session with Martin's friends from the center, but my favorite was Layla. The way she expressed herself with Martin, how she did not feel the need to adopt neurotypical ways, and the fact that she kept asking, "Do you think our phones are instruments of communication or torture?"
•Pro: This book's tagline hints at romance being the focus of this story, but that short changes this story. The romance is so secondary to Martin's summer of coming into his own, his journey, and it's a wonderful one.
•Pro: This one gave me a lot to think about. There is this awesome scene between Martin and his mother, where he is trying to express his autism is a part of who he is, not a disease to be cured, and I think neurotypical people lost sight of that.
Overall: A beautiful and touching coming of age story, which filled me with warm-fuzzies and made me look at autism in a different light.
**Thank you to the publisher for the ARC I won through a Goodreads giveaway!
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Reading updates
- Started reading
- 8 October, 2017: Finished reading
- 8 October, 2017: Reviewed