4.0
informative reflective medium-paced

Leduc does a really good job of telling the story of her own life and experience with disability throughout it as well as thoroughly addressing fairy tale tropes through explaining old fairy tales none of us have ever heard of that shaped the genre. She is honest, as well, about where her experience is not relevant to certain types of disability conversations and in those cases, cites others’ experiences so that she can delve fully into the relationship of many disabilities with fairy tales. The writing style is conversational, making it easy to follow and understand her points. This book definitely made me think hard about portrayals of disability and about disability in general, which I had been thinking about a lot in the midst of my own temporary disability (recovering from a broken ankle and ankle surgery).