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baronessekat) wrote2017-09-25 12:01 pm
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
When Martin was 12 he fell ill and eventually lost all control of his body and fell into a coma. At the age of 16 he started to become aware again, but still had no control over his body. He was trapped in a prison and at the mercy of those around him. When he was 21, a worker at one of the care centers he went to on a daily basis, started talking to him and realized that there was an active mind behind his eyes and fought to get him help.
This book was difficult to deal with in places, especially as I have had family trapped inside their body and as someone on the outside looking in, you hope that you are doing right by them. It was really easy to empathize with Martin as well as his family.
The only thing I had trouble with was that this book is written in present tense as it goes from age 21 to 30-something. While there is nothing wrong with that style, it is not one I am fond of for memoirs.
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