A review by emmanovella
Keedie by Elle McNicoll

5.0

I didn’t think anything could hit me the way A Kind of Spark did. It was the first book I recall reading featuring an autistic character I read after getting my diagnosis (possibly first ever, to be honest) and it was something special… now, 3.5 years later… Keedie has done something for me in a way I can’t even express.

Something about Keedie (both book and character) just gets me. Perhaps it’s because I’m now 4.5 years into being diagnosed, 4.5 years into learning what being autistic means for me, 4.5 years into reflecting on my childhood and teenage years as undiagnosed and unaware autism was anywhere on the spectrum (pun intended) of “things that could be wrong with me”.

This book has healed a part of me and I did not expect that when it landed on my doorstep this afternoon.
I need to take time and digest fully but this was everything I needed.

Thank you, Elle.
I am so grateful for these books and to be lucky enough to receive an early copy.
Mark April 4th on your calendars and preorder now.