![]() ![]() However, I didn’t feel that was the message at all. ![]() I was expecting duel narration, it seemed like he should get more time to fully understand his perspective.Ī lot of people seemed to think the book had a message of “be yourself, but still change to make yourself more desirable to other people”. I thought Abelard was not as fully fleshed out as he could have been, he felt like more of a secondary character than I was expecting, which disappointed me. The flirting between Lily and Abelard is so cute and relatable. I also loved the use of seemingly gibberish words to represent Lily’s comprehension issues, I thought that was a very creative way of showing that without being overly obvious as to what was happening. I thought the use of quotes in the book was really well done and showed a lot about the characters without being overbearing. This is made better by the fact that the author herself is a woman with ADHD, so it’s even Own Voices! I personally do not have ADHD, but some people in my family have inattentive ADHD, so I do have some experience with it. I think it’s unusual to see a book with a protagonist with ADHD at all, but specifically a female protagonist.) and a boy with Asperger’s. ![]() ![]() I love that this book features both a girl with ADHD (which is so rarely shown in books. ![]()
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