I think I had to read this for school at some point when I was a teenager, but it reeeeally hit me hard. The book was written using a coded system of blinks- the author would blink to indicate the next letter, employing the help of a third party to transcribe. It is the memoir of a man who had a massive stroke and a result, suffered from âlocked-in syndromeâ [biting my hand not to make a tasteless joke about being absolutely locked in], and therefore couldnât speak or move much. My dad had a similarly severe stroke when I was 10 and was also unable to speak and had very limited movement, so reading this book gave me much-needed hope that my dad was âstill in there,â so to speak, and was just a pretty gorgeous triumph of will, and very sad as well. I remember the movie also making me cry a lot
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I know a book is good if Iâm tearing up.
And this one did just that.
Very sad. Very beautiful. Very heartbreaking. Written from the a journaling perspective of the main character whoâs mentally disabled and becomes the perfect candidate for a surgery that allows him to be a functioning member to society and experience life from a new perspective.
Feb 9, 2025
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A book by Luna lovegoodâs actress, Evanna lynch. SO beautifully well written, dark and heart wrenching, made me feel inspired. Some of the stuff she went through included major anorexia, being the weird sensitive girl, and becoming a full person
Feb 7, 2024
I was kind of surprised by how hard this hit. You donât even need to be super interested in sea life to enjoy ! really fascinating scientific essays about ocean critters interspersed with personal memoirs from the authorâs queer, mixed race experiences and somehow it all intermingles beautifully.
Nov 26, 2024
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truly Americaâs pastime. I was reading in the park earlier and overheard a girl dishing about a breakup to her friend who was kinda implying she was in the wrong⊠and she was like âso did I lie? Yes. But I meant it at the timeâ and then explained to her friend how the NYT connections puzzles work. I only hope people are as thrilled when they listen in on my crazy ass. I love being nosy
Mar 17, 2024
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really just stretching your whole body so intensely youâre using muscles you didnât even know you had and squeaking like a little mouse. wiggling like a worm on the sidewalk after it rains when you poke it with your shoe, but a little slower. maybe more snake than worm. but to each their own
Feb 7, 2024
