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Not unpleasant, just very Cheesy, it was like reading an anime episode.

The ending saved it from being a little offensive. It's not so much an ‘autistic planet' so much as the speaker's own ideal world. As I was reading it I cringed knowing some kids with ASD who would not like this setting, but relaxed when it was just that one person's ideal place.
A mantra in my work place is ‘if you've met one kid with autism, you've met one kid with autism.'

I forget which collection I've read this story from, but it was enjoyable to reread. I love Foer's prose.

I want more of this. So good and amazing art.

It was slow to start, then fun, and then tapered off for the campy ending that you don't mind because The Queen is in it :)

Whoops, I guess I read this already as part of another volume. Nice recap I guess.

The art style was not to my taste, at times it was hard to tell the difference between a few male characters.

I am happy that there exists a book on the topic matter.

The pacing was a little slow, but in a way it gave it an annoying sense of realism in that it felt like a new aquaintance telling you their ‘life story'.

Lovely illustrating and style.
Story greatly differed from what I recall of the version I read in college, but that was the main reason I picked it up. I was curious as to how it would be ‘kid-friendly'. Different, but not bad.

The story happened too fast to have any real depth, but it was good for its length. The story took place over two days.

There was so much in this... I might also look into the audiobook so that I might be exposed to the material again.

I highly enjoyed the parts specific to those with Autism, Williams Syndrome, and Tourettes. I have witnessed a young boy become alight through music when he might otherwise be (nearly) nonverbal. I suspect him to possess perfect pitch and look forward to more of his milestones.

Additionally, I liked the tales about those with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and dementia having some alleviation via music.

As always I love Sack's writing and material. It feeds curiosity and often brings hope. It more than just interesting.

This story had so much potential, I wanted it go a little deeper. For example, Why was writing down the prayer wrong? Or more about the details and (potential) problems of leading of a city by a female taking on a typically male role.

The art was problematic, it was occasionally hard to tell who was who, and the blending of drawn scenery with pictures of real objects was crude (there was a night scene where the moon and its gleam where digitally placed on a drawn landscape, not done well).

Additionally, this was labeled as historical fiction, but it was hard for me to get a sense of time. All I understood was that it was ‘before the Egyptians'.

I found the art and story to be exceptional

More skimmed than read word for word. More of a coffee table book, or something you'd use as a reference. Not bad, some great photographs as well as some interesting places and histories.

story was weak :/ couldn't finish it

The main problem I had with this was unclear tone.


Is this a super serious superhero story about a supervillian attempting to commit an intergalactic genocide and it's meant to be somber and dramatic? Or is this supposed to humorous comic book where three Thors make fun of each other, drink with themselves (haha, get it?), get to meet his future, attractive granddaughters (one of which makes a pass at him), and slap each other with space sharks? I'm a little confused and that's frustrating for me. It's not impossible to mix humor and drama, but there's a limit when you're trying to go for such extremes.

Sigh, space sharks...

The ending felt a little rushed and it was hard to get a sense of the passage of time.
The story was good and I enjoyed the concept.

Good art as well as cute and well done story.
Gotta love Byron.

I had higher expectation for both the story and the art. It felt like some of the threads were forgotten or didn't go anywhere.

Some were humorous, others profound. Some topics were a little repetitive, many quotes about how mom is right. I was expecting the topics to be bundled into sections. I liked that they weren't, as it allowed you to look at a quote in a larger context, perhaps that quote about exercise can also be applied to life or parenting, etc.

Had its moments of great prose.

3.5 I think I was expecting more drama since I've seen (two?) movies of the story. Still really enjoyed the wit and banter.

Read aloud to some of the YMCA kids. Odd sort of story, felt that the message was a bit mixed.

School librarian read this to the fourth grade class I work in. They easily got the metaphor. It was read in connection to Earth Day.

Going to now listen to her TED talk and a few of the songs that were mentioned.

Loved listening to her authentic voice (whoever read the introduction sounded a bit inexperienced) and the story that she told. Many beautiful ideas (yay art family and body acceptance!) and good metaphors.
Really enjoyed hearing about her relationship with Neil and her mentor Anthony.

Very enjoyable. The short chapters encouraged me to read it in large segments. I appreciated both the humor as well as the deeper tones.