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laisarjona 's review for:
The Year We Fell Down
by Sarina Bowen
5.0/5.0
I was worried about the representation in this book, I was afraid that a non-disabled author couldn't write a good disabled character. I was wrong.
I absolutely loved Cory, she was sweet and strong and honest. It was so good to read about her friendship with Hartley, to see their love to grow more with time. I love when there is this companionship that comes with friendiship. I think being friends with the person you love is one of the most important aspects of a relationship, and when friendship comes before the romance, intimacy is natural. I love friends that become couples , it's the kind of love that happens in real life.
About the partial paralizy that Cory has, I have a dear friend with a similar condition, so it was easy for me to understand why she could use crutchs sometimes, but still, it would be good if the author had explained this kind of detail.
Hartley was really sweet, but the reasons why he insisted in stay with Stacia were poor for me, I didn't buy his excuses, but I still liked the way things were solved, without much drama. I LOVED to see that they didn't need to much talking, they just knew that they loved each other.
I wish I had seen more of their families, more of Cory's parents learnin that she could still be an independent woman and that she needed space. But even their few interactions along the sotry were really sweet and good to see.
This book was so good, I loved its characters and to fall in love with them.
I was worried about the representation in this book, I was afraid that a non-disabled author couldn't write a good disabled character. I was wrong.
I absolutely loved Cory, she was sweet and strong and honest. It was so good to read about her friendship with Hartley, to see their love to grow more with time. I love when there is this companionship that comes with friendiship. I think being friends with the person you love is one of the most important aspects of a relationship, and when friendship comes before the romance, intimacy is natural. I love friends that become couples , it's the kind of love that happens in real life.
About the partial paralizy that Cory has, I have a dear friend with a similar condition, so it was easy for me to understand why she could use crutchs sometimes, but still, it would be good if the author had explained this kind of detail.
Hartley was really sweet, but the reasons why he insisted in stay with Stacia were poor for me, I didn't buy his excuses, but I still liked the way things were solved, without much drama. I LOVED to see that they didn't need to much talking, they just knew that they loved each other.
I wish I had seen more of their families, more of Cory's parents learnin that she could still be an independent woman and that she needed space. But even their few interactions along the sotry were really sweet and good to see.
This book was so good, I loved its characters and to fall in love with them.