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* HarsherInHindsight: The looming threat of sexual violence hanging over Natalie as an autistic teenage girl with communication difficulties on an island inhabited by the worst criminals was terrifying to think about in the first place. It has become even worse now in light of recent statistical evidence that autistic women are three times more likely to be victims of sexual violence than the average woman. While it is often said that one in every five women has been sexually assaulted, the odds for autistic women are [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9087551/ nine out of ten.]]
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* FairForItsDay: The author's note at the end of the first book has not aged well, using person-first language ("person with autism" instead of "autistic person"), speaking positively about Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy, and most alarmingly, referring to autism as a disease. However, this was written in 2004, when very few autism self-advocates were in the public eye, and it does amplify the voice of Temple Grandin, one of the earliest autism self-advocates. The note ultimitely reinforces the main message of the story that autistic children will inevitably become autistic adults despite the infantalization they face, a message that is unfortunately still very much needed. It also helps that the narrative is critical of the more harmful and criticized aspects of ABA therapy like suppression of stim behaviors.
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* FairForItsDay: The author's note at the end of the first book has not aged well, using person-first language ("person with autism" instead of "autistic person"), speaking positively about Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy, and most alarmingly, referring to autism as a disease. However, this was written in 2004, 2006, when very few autism self-advocates were in the public eye, and it does amplify the voice of Temple Grandin, one of the earliest autism self-advocates. The note ultimitely reinforces the main message of the story that autistic children will inevitably become autistic adults despite the infantalization they face, a message that is unfortunately still very much needed. It also helps that the narrative is critical of the more harmful and criticized aspects of ABA therapy like suppression of stim behaviors.
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* FairForItsDay: The author's note at the end of the first book has not aged well, using person-first language ("person with autism" instead of "autistic person"), speaking positively about Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy, and most alarmingly, referring to autism as a disease. However, this was written in 2004, when very few autism self-advocates were in the public eye, and it does amplify the voice of Temple Grandin, one of the earliest autism self-advocates. The note ultimitely reinforces the main message of the story that autistic children will inevitably become autistic adults despite the infantalization they face, a message that is unfortunately still very much needed. It also helps that the narrative is critical of the more harmful and criticized aspects of ABA therapy like suppression of stim behaviors.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: It can sometimes be hard to tell if some of the more ruthless statements and actions of prisoners like Capone and Willy One-Arm are because they need to put on a show of ruthlessness for fellow inmates or their nicer moments are merely putting on a show for the protagonists, or if they are capable of both genuine cruelty and kindness.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Different fans find LittleMissConArtist Piper either insufferable or annoying, although, for some of her detractors, she is RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap through her ReformedButRejected arc in the fourth book.
* EvenBetterSequel: Despite the TrilogyCreep nature of the fourth book and a few popular characters being DemotedToExtra, many fans feel that the fourth book is on par with the rest of the series and even slightly better than the reasonably popular third book.
* MoralEventHorizon: Few fans have anything good to say about the previously fairly harmless [[spoiler:Bea Trixle]] after she leaves Natalie stranded in the inmate wing (where she could have been raped or killed) just to make Mr. Flanagan look bad.
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Janet Trixle is often kept at a distance by the other kids on the island due to her unpleasant parents and her occasional rivalry with Theresa, whom the other kids like better. However, many readers still find Janet entertaining and fairly likable for her GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak personality and occasional helpful moments.
* WatchedItForTheRepresentation: A lot of readers are drawn in by the nuanced and realistic autistic character Natalie and her life in a society that doesn't yet understand autism very well.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Different fans find LittleMissConArtist Piper either insufferable or annoying, although, for some of her detractors, she is RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap through her ReformedButRejected arc in the fourth book.
* EvenBetterSequel: Despite the TrilogyCreep nature of the fourth book and a few popular characters being DemotedToExtra, many fans feel that the fourth book is on par with the rest of the series and even slightly better than the reasonably popular third book.
* MoralEventHorizon: Few fans have anything good to say about the previously fairly harmless [[spoiler:Bea Trixle]] after she leaves Natalie stranded in the inmate wing (where she could have been raped or killed) just to make Mr. Flanagan look bad.
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Janet Trixle is often kept at a distance by the other kids on the island due to her unpleasant parents and her occasional rivalry with Theresa, whom the other kids like better. However, many readers still find Janet entertaining and fairly likable for her GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak personality and occasional helpful moments.
* WatchedItForTheRepresentation: A lot of readers are drawn in by the nuanced and realistic autistic character Natalie and her life in a society that doesn't yet understand autism very well.
