I wish I had been familiar with the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder, which would have helped me appreciate this book so much more. As it is I’m givinI wish I had been familiar with the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder, which would have helped me appreciate this book so much more. As it is I’m giving it an unfair rating because I missed out on so much! Perhaps I’ll revisit this review once I’ve gotten my hands on the play around which this story is centred. ...more
I feel a close affinity to Jack London. This biographical fiction came with perfect timing for me. I've now finally turned to Nietzsche and understandI feel a close affinity to Jack London. This biographical fiction came with perfect timing for me. I've now finally turned to Nietzsche and understand where that affinity comes from. Never too late to find where you belong. My mind isn't on writing convincing reviews but rather feeding my intellect with whatever is most needed at any given moment.
Now approaching my 52 second birthday (born July 11, 1969), I finally understand why I've been met with so much resistance most of my life: people need to reduce everything and everyone to what they can understand, and for the most part, that is very, very little of anything actually worth holding on to. I am larger than life. My life has always been surreal. Countless people want to make me out to be delusional, and the facts show this is a lie. I was dragged by force by police and ambulance to psych emergency in March, after ranting in the streets. Using our voice in Canada is seen as being dangerous.
There was a court order to keep me, and... I was released early because the fact is I'm hyper rational, I've always been on the autism spectrum and a child prodigy who was not given the proper tools to evolve early on. I'm now finding those tools and keys and allowing myself to come into my full powers. Anyone who is made uncomfortable with that only displays their own limitations. I've always been a mirror; people inevitably project their own limitations onto me. People also break their mirrors (ie artists) when they dislike what they see. So be it. I've been made that much stronger from the relentless abuse. You have created me this way. I believe in a higher power and I serve that power with my gifts, and none other. ...more
Read in 1978, age 9. I hadn't read Anne of Green Gables then. Another reviewer I follow read this to her daughter & they couldn't help comparing the tRead in 1978, age 9. I hadn't read Anne of Green Gables then. Another reviewer I follow read this to her daughter & they couldn't help comparing the two, as this book was released after AoGG. I remember recognising a lot about myself in Pollyanna at that age. I was raised by hippyish parents and my father has always been an optimist despite everything. He was a dedicated yogi at the time, and it's safe to say my tendency to find silver linings in everything was probably encouraged by him.
Trigger warning: abuse
I'm due for a reread because age 9 was a charmed time for me, before I was faced with the brutality of men who take children for their own pleasures and lost many of my naive illusions and trust in people, and men especially. I am finding ways to cope with trauma and revisiting early "coding" as I think of it, is proving helpful, as is "reclaiming" the young girl I was, who was... overall a really good kid and much less cynical about life and this world, albeit already all too clear-sighted....more
I loved the first four books in this series but it’s been a while since I read the previous instalment, and 20% into the audiobook, simply lost the thI loved the first four books in this series but it’s been a while since I read the previous instalment, and 20% into the audiobook, simply lost the thread and it’s failing to hold my interest, so I will regretfully stop here and forget about completing the series. Too bad, but then again there’s no lack of options for other reads. ...more
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