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The Brazenness of Nellie Olsen and Coolness of Alison Arngrim

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5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-22-18

I’d recommend this book to anyone who grew up watching LHOTP and/or anyone who had abuse in his/her childhood. It’s sad, funny, heartbreaking, scandalous, and extremely thoughtful. I’ve heard it said to play a “dumb” character takes brains. By the same token, I think it must take a tender heart to play a b*tch. Alison is an activist, actress, comedienne and author. She’s also an amazing narrator, if you decide to buy the audiobook like I did.

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My first audiobook

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-18-16

I thought the narrator did a fabulous job of creating the 'flat/monotone' sound of an autistic person's affect. The writing itself was sometimes beautifully lyrical. Todd's way of looking at the world was expressed in an easy-to-see way--that is what good writing is all about IMO. My problem was with the story itself. Lots of potential build-up but very little actually 'happens.' SPOILER Alert: for example: he runs away for two days and nothing happens or he keeps a 'weapon' but never uses it or he is interested in a girl (but aside from getting him to stop taking meds) nothing happens or a creeper forcibly befriends him and nothing happens to Todd never really resolves his own fear of him. No growth. Autism does not mean the character couldn't show growth--especially to someone like Todd. The story sort of plods along from one stream of consciousness to another. And the wiki-definition about autism was a bit preachy. I would give it 3.5 stars. The storytelling/narration was the best part for me.

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