Bright Girl, Lacks Focus

A Neurodivergent Memoir

By: Cindy Robinson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

An unlikely self-love story between a broken girl and her strange brain.
Using a refreshing, unexpected, and clever combination of self-deprecation and profound insightfulness, Cindy Robinson shares the story of how her ADHD, OCD, and childhood trauma aided both in her downfall as well as her ultimate triumph.

Her humorous and heartfelt vignettes invite you to walk alongside her as she attempts to prove she’s “normal” (and fails repeatedly). Determined not to give up on herself, she ultimately finds solace in a surprising place... her strangeness. Witness her artfully blossom from self-hatred to self-compassion, highlighting the path along the way for any reader to follow. It is a beautiful and endearing story of unmasking, embracing, and enlightening.

AI Voice Robs Authors Voice

I really hope the author considers reading the book herself. Her story deserves it. The AI voice wouldn't be so bad if it didn't mess up pronunciations. Besides the AI, I'd recommend this book! Thank you for sharing your story.

helpful for adhd and trauma

very well written and relateable. i found her story to be helpfulto my experience

Soulless narration ruins the soul of this book

The story had a lot of emotionally charged content but never felt any of it because the it’s read like a terms of service agreement. I didn’t notice when I started the book, but it didn’t take long to go back and verify it was a virtual voice. The story itself kept me interested enough to make it through the whole thing. I related to a lot of the author’s experiences, but felt so detached from it because the lack of inflexion and/or obvious inappropriate word groupings constantly pulled focus.

Would be better w/o AI

This book is life confirming for anyone, especially women, who have ADHD especially for those diagnosed late in life. The writer has an entirely relatable life and this memoir would be 100% better if it were read by a human and not an automated voice. There were so many mispronunciations that it was distracting. I want to give this memoir a five star across the board. Hire a narrator or the writer should just speak in her own voice and it will be award worthy.

Too good to be poorly read by robot

If this book weren’t as good as it is I would have abandoned it right away because of the bad AI audio (poor intonation ruined dialogue used frequently and the robot often mispronounced words including the word “smartass” like 5 times in one paragraph). To be fair, that made me laugh a little. Definitely worth a read (full of highly relatable neurodivergent lady content) but not for listening with robot narrating. Considering volunteering to read good books ruined by AI audio as my next hobby.