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cedardleland's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book is incredible but the content can get heavy for a middle grade book, so check the content warnings. The fact that it's #ownvoices really comes through in the detail around the school setting and the characterization of the support characters as well as the main character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, and Hate crime
whathillarygraceread's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book was suggested by the duo behind @disabilityreadathon (@geekygimp and @nymeria941 ) and I am SO glad they introduced it to me. I loved it so, so much. Real is the story of a nonverbal girl with autism and one half of the duo who wrote it is nonverbal and autistic and while I don’t share those specific identities, there is so much general disability truth in this book that I felt very seen. Even though this is a middle grade novel, I love that the book doesn’t shy away from really hard topics like the institutional abuse of disabled kids, a lot of the able bodied/neurotypical world’s skepticism of facilitated communication and what it’s like to live in a nonverbal body that doesn’t always cooperate.
I love that this book exists in the world and hope that middle grade readers everywhere are discovering it and loving it as much as I did.
I love that this book exists in the world and hope that middle grade readers everywhere are discovering it and loving it as much as I did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Child abuse
bravokidroxy's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse
Minor: Gore
flordemaga's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Forced institutionalization
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