Reviews for In the Middle of All This

The average rating for In the Middle of All This based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-12-02 00:00:00 Jani Kurki This is how I want to write. An eloquent, familiar story without the sentimentality that can accompany death. It's a 3 1/2 star but the ending deserves an extra 1/2 star.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-12 00:00:00 Chris Stuck Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon tells the story of an autistic man in the near future where advances in medical technology have cured many diseases. The protagonist is in a small group of people who were born just before these advances and so have grown up in a world where their disability is a close anachronism. This is a subtle, introspective work that focuses on psychological, philosophical and theological questions about normality and quality of life. I could not help but cast actor Jim Parsons, from The Big Bang Theory, in the role of the hero, and throughout the book his was the voice and face that I imagined as Lou. I also was led to compare this work to Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison, his non-fiction autobiographical work about his life with Asperger's Syndrome as well as Philip K. Dick's work Martian Time-Slip. There is some very thin characterization, almost straw man, that weakens the larger credibility of the narration, but the ending is very good and well worth the time reading.