Katie

I always gave crows a wide berth for some reason. After reading this book, I realize my gut instincts were correct. Crows are smarter than most men that I've dated.

I'm re-reading this right now and I simply don't want it to end. Annie Proulx is the only person that could ever get me to read a book that includes cattle ranching, pig farms, and hairy spiders.

Man, this is a great idea for a book! But, OMG, the organization of it drove me nutso.

I have very little interest in reading a book that contains the phrase ‘suckling at her breast' in the first few lines. Flipping through the first chapter, it got worse and it's a nope for me.

Sometimes you have to wonder if white people ever look around and see their bubble. I can't get past the fact that virtually all of the author's academic and cultural references are white, famous, and kind of over-played IMO. There are so many other viewpoints out there, do I really need a rehash of what is already written and podcast-ed to death?

The second very large issue is that she asserts that most of neurodivergence is due to trauma, which I believe to be highly inaccurate. Where is the discussion of how marginalized identities experience trauma and literally can't get ‘unstuck' due to lack of systemic power? Racism appears only as an ‘incident' rather than a lifelong experience.

Despite these issues, I found some really great nuggets that I will probably use with clients and loved the writing style and structure of the book. Her 5 minute challenges and journal exercises are good.

I like any book that has trivia about pabst! I enjoyed this book a great deal, it could only have been improved by including more social history.

It's ok. Some great suggestions laid out logically, much like a coach would. Structure of the book could be adapted better for neurodivergent minds. It's pretty dense. References to god turned me off.

I had to put this one down because of it's portrayal of neurodivergence. Life is too short to spend time on books that perpetuate harmful myths about autism.

While I was left thinking about Olive, I couldn't care less about William. Something about mediocre problematic men is just not compelling.