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Gone (Gone, #1)
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Dropped at 294 pages.
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Why I Recommend Bumping This Down On Your TBR: Michael Grant made problematic statements about children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder being a burden, he called his Native character a throw-away, and he said something about his Front Lines novel being more fiction than reality in that women were never involved in the war?
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Reading Progress
May 24, 2012
– Shelved
October 30, 2016
– Shelved as:
to-read
January 6, 2017
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Started Reading
January 6, 2017
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10.03%
"I feel conflicted even picking this up, even though I bought it 3 years before Grant made problematic comments. I'm giving it a chance since 2 readers I trust really liked it. Whether I like it or not, I won't read any more of his works after this, on principle."
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59
January 8, 2017
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30.1%
"It's readable, but in the back of my mind all I can think about are the problematic things the author said. There are characters of color and characters with mental health diagnoses in this book, which I would normally appreciate, but having heard that the author said his Native character was a "throwaway" and that he thinks autistic children are "a burden" definitely affects my reading."
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177
January 8, 2017
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40.14%
"This is one of the most conflicting reading experiences I've had. I'm upset with the author and should have never opened the book. I should have just unhauled it. I regret not doing that. The story is well-written and interesting. Edilio, who is Honduran, is berated frequently, but it's written coming from racist characters. The problematic things about the author appear to happen outside of the novel, so far."
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236
January 16, 2017
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50.0%
"I was genuinely interested in the first 20 chapters. Chapters 21-25 were kind of boring and I don't like the direction the story is taking. I wouldn't be able to finish this without the audiobook.
Fans of Lord of the Flies would like this, but I hated that book.
The constant insistence that Pete (he's diagnosed with autism) is a burden is problematic."
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294
Fans of Lord of the Flies would like this, but I hated that book.
The constant insistence that Pete (he's diagnosed with autism) is a burden is problematic."
January 17, 2017
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Finished Reading
May 1, 2023
– Shelved as:
post-apocalyptic
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Nov 29, 2020 11:49PM
he is 5 year old and his autism make him anti social in a dog eat dog world he is definitively a burden just like every one under 10 or so.
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This is just people trying to be offended, sorry. Grandpa Luke was a throwaway character, just as every character over 15 was in the first book. That doesn't make it bad just because he was native. Are you telling me that a non-verbal 5 year old with severe autism isn't a burden in a murderous society? He almost got Astrid killed on multiple occasions because he couldn't respond to cues or understand what was happening. Nothing against autistic people but that's just realistically what would happen. He was a huge burden.
And women didn't fight on the front line in the war, so how is that an offensive comment? Use your own brain and don't try nit-pick just because you're looking for a reason to be upset.
