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A review by rachaeldickson
Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein
5.0
As someone with chronic pain, I nearly cried while reading this book several times. I've never felt so represented by a character or seen by an author. I've felt so so many of the feelings the protagonist Ricky has felt: denial, anger, sadness, frustration, and particularly that feeling of being cursed.
In addition to the representation, this is also just a really well crafted book! Ricky is an engaging narrator who quickly pulls you into the story and causes you to sympathize with her without feeling sorry for her. She owns her bad decisions and her good ones, and talks and feels like a real teenager in 2020. She talks SO much like some of my younger friends. I sped through this book very quickly because I just was dying to see what happened next and how she dealt with it all. Highly recommend, particularly to anyone with a chronic pain or illness issue.
In addition to the representation, this is also just a really well crafted book! Ricky is an engaging narrator who quickly pulls you into the story and causes you to sympathize with her without feeling sorry for her. She owns her bad decisions and her good ones, and talks and feels like a real teenager in 2020. She talks SO much like some of my younger friends. I sped through this book very quickly because I just was dying to see what happened next and how she dealt with it all. Highly recommend, particularly to anyone with a chronic pain or illness issue.