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A review by sammysreadingnook
Fight + Flight by Jules Machias
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
I'm disabled but I do not have hEDS.
Two things I want to mention: I didn't like the religious undertones. Unnecessary.
And, there was a bit more ableism than I anticipated. Avery still needs to accept her diagnosis, which is fair. But there were two remarks that were icky IMO: The use of a wheelchair is seen as bad and there's no one to challenge Avery's view on it, when it would have been an opportunity to talk about the aspect of making life less painful.
There was also this exchange: "No one would believe an adorable little disabled girl would do something so criminal (...) Okay, that didn't feel good. I'm not disabled." Instead of being offended about the apparent ableism of "disabled ppl are innocent" Avery is offended by being called disabled. Again, I get that she's a newly-ish diagnosed teenager with a lot of internalized ableism but, again, it wasn't challenged and therefore reproduces the whole "being called disabled is bad" thing.
By an own-voices author I would have expected more. Disappointed.
Otherwise, great execution, great rep.
Two things I want to mention: I didn't like the religious undertones. Unnecessary.
And, there was a bit more ableism than I anticipated. Avery still needs to accept her diagnosis, which is fair. But there were two remarks that were icky IMO: The use of a wheelchair is seen as bad and there's no one to challenge Avery's view on it, when it would have been an opportunity to talk about the aspect of making life less painful.
There was also this exchange:
By an own-voices author I would have expected more. Disappointed.
Otherwise, great execution, great rep.