Ann Ewan

This was a hard book to read. Excellent depiction of spousal abuse and the way the system fails homeless people, even the very young ones. Powerful story, well told.

This book is a quick read. The surpense kept me reading, and I also enjoyed the parts about dolphins. However, the romance was predictable from the start, almost annoyingly so, and I didn't like the main characters' attitude to violence. They seemed to have no problem with killing any number of the bad guy's lackies/minions/henchmen.

I found this book to be quick and interesting to read. The writers' voices and experiences are varied, but they are startlingly honest and direct about the experiences, good and bad, of living with autism. It's inspiring that this diverse group were able to find community through writing a book together.

I didn't really enjoy the book, though the translation work the main character was doing was interesting and there were lots of little insights and questions. How did the Filipinos navigate without a North Star? Who were the Cagots and why were they persecuted? What happened to the Neanderthals? That was the reason I kept reading to the end.

Biographies aren't generally my thing, but I was given this book and did succeed in reading it all the way through. Margaret Atwood is a brilliant writer, and her wonderful descriptions and her wicked sense of humour kept me reading, even though the bio is very long. I liked the first part best, when she was growing up a child in the wilderness.