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Originally Posted by caleb72
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. I was rather surprised by this book. I knew it had an autistic character, but I didn't realise it was going to be told from the perspective of this character and in a setting that was almost science fiction by default. You would have to change virtually nothing of the story for it to be a modern day drama minus the sci-fi. I loved the book and this is the third story I've read and really enjoyed from the perspective of an autistic character. I don't know if that says anything significant about me.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Quite an effective book, and really made me think. Plus, LMB is a superb storyteller so I was forced to think while I devoured the book cause I wanted to know what happened. 
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Originally Posted by CRussel I've been trying to read Silkworm, the second book in the Cormorant Strike series from J.K. Rowling. I liked the first, but for some reason this second one is a struggle.
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I'm sorry to hear that, as I enjoyed the first one as well. Let us know if it picks up.
The first one (The Cuckoo's Calling) was a bit strange, as it seemed to start off being all about Robin and ending up being all Strike. |
I'd like it better if there were more of Robin, I think. And I'd like it a lot better if the two of them would stop miscommunicating. And I'd really like it better if the murder (and the novel it is based on) were less ridiculously gruesome.
I'll likely finish it. But it won't make me in any hurry to buy the next one.