Ryan Knighton

This book has been a nice little pleasure.The author is at first going blind (at 17 while trying out his new driver's license) and then resolves into the acknowledgement that he needs a cane to get by and that he needs other people. The writing is great in that it is not sympathetic or mournful. It is realistic, funny and often insightful especailly in regards to language. He writes about how visual our language is - where people say "over there" or "right here" not realizing he has no idea show more what they mean. He also was lucky enough to have found a good woman . Their story is part of this memoir as well. show less

Well written, with much humor throughout. Left me with a better, more compassionate understanding of a friend who also happens to have retinitis pigmentosa.

This memoir is funny and insightful; easy-to-read and entertaining while also being thought-provoking.The author provides an interesting perspective on the process of finding his identity while losing his sight.

Sometimes humourous, sometimes poignant, Cockeyed is an interesting memoir of a young man's coming of age while he struggles to accept of his gradual loss of sight.