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annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review
2.0
I'm always looking for more books with physical disability representation. In my opinion there are still way too few heroines with an illness and therefore I really want to support the ones who are there. And one day, when I was scrolling through some blogpost recommending books with a disabled lead, I came across this book. It sounded quite cute and quite light. One day I'm gonna write a romcom with a disabled girl, I hoped this book could inspire me.
I have to admit that after reading the book I'm a little bit disappointed, because I'm not entirely sure what this book is supposed to be about. If it is meant to be a cute story about a disabled girl finding love, the chapters with very detailed descriptions of treatments and therapy are too dominant. If this book is about what it is to live life with a chronic illness, the book never shows the emotions behind all the treatments, therapy and pain.
I know it's a very thin line to walk. There is a reason my book isn't there yet. If you dive too deep into the emotions, the book gets heavy quite easily, but if you don't dive into it enough the readers see a list of things, but never really feel the impact of all those things. I think this book certainly forgot the emotions completely in its attempt to keep things light and to focus on the positivity. It is a little like I sound when telling my story to a stranger while acting all brave and happy.
And that's another thing I'm not entirely sure about. In the end
I have to admit that after reading the book I'm a little bit disappointed, because I'm not entirely sure what this book is supposed to be about. If it is meant to be a cute story about a disabled girl finding love, the chapters with very detailed descriptions of treatments and therapy are too dominant. If this book is about what it is to live life with a chronic illness, the book never shows the emotions behind all the treatments, therapy and pain.
I know it's a very thin line to walk. There is a reason my book isn't there yet. If you dive too deep into the emotions, the book gets heavy quite easily, but if you don't dive into it enough the readers see a list of things, but never really feel the impact of all those things. I think this book certainly forgot the emotions completely in its attempt to keep things light and to focus on the positivity. It is a little like I sound when telling my story to a stranger while acting all brave and happy.
And that's another thing I'm not entirely sure about. In the end
Spoiler
the therapist falls in love with her because she's always so positive and so strong. He talked how it was amazing that she kept on smiling, that she kept on walking her dog and so on. Basically, he was in love with her because she did entirely normal stuff. That smells like inspiration porn and I'm not entirely sure if it's the kind of relationship I would want.libraryofdreaming's review
3.0
I loved parts of this but other parts didn't work for me. At one point the MC goes on a rant against the MeToo movement and my jaw absolutely dropped. Just... why?
lunarchar_'s review
3.0
(3.5). This could’ve easily been a five star book but the references to the me too movement just didn’t sit right for me especially being such a personal thing. However, I did enjoy the narrative and the raw honesty of chronic illness. The protagonist herself has many illnesses I do so it was truly wonderful to see myself represented
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