4.0
informative medium-paced

I enjoyed this book’s premise that fairytales were and remain a way of explaining differences or being “other” to children and even ourselves, and that they may seem innocent but really contain some insidious ideas about what’s “normal.” Each chapter consistered of reframing the way I’ve viewed fairy tales for so long, and at the end of the chapters, Amanda Leduc shared her own experiences as a women with cerebral palsy at the end of each chapter. I think parts of the book could’ve been edited, as they felt a bit repetitive, but this is a read that is worth the time. Leduc is a solid writer, and I appreciated the way she used fairy tales, modern research, and her own experiences to share more about being disabled in an able-bodied world.