4.10 avg rating — 198,954 ratings

"THE. EFFING. MOTHER. Also, how Paige was just used as a plot device (and her entire plotline, TBH) turned my stomach."

3.64 avg rating — 16,685 ratings

"I hate to add this book because I think that for the most part, it does do a fair job of describing cerebral palsy. HOWEVER, at the same time, I didn't feel like it respected people with OCD. Also, the drama element relating to the disabilities was quite strong, which for some might be offensive."

4.12 avg rating — 5,739,794 ratings

"Terminal illness of c. & I don't mean to say this is necessarily the worst offender - I just can't see how emotional manipulation and respect could both be present at the same time."

4.16 avg rating — 2,331,352 ratings

"Self-explanatory, really. I have yet to read WIDE SARGASSO SEA, but it sounds interesting enough to be mentioned on here."

3.90 avg rating — 67,597 ratings

"Disclaimer: I have no interest in reading this book. If you're curious, read the one-star reviews and what they say about the treatment of mental illness."

3.38 avg rating — 242 ratings

"I'm sure there's no malicious intent behind this book, but the first paragraph alone is kinda enough to make any physically disabled person VERY uncomfortable, so if that's you, you might want to reconsider reading it."

4.02 avg rating — 30,487 ratings

"Such a pity that I have to add this one, but really couldn't relate to the way the MC's illness was described."

3.74 avg rating — 243,314 ratings

"I do realize others might think this is just a lovely, inspirational piece, but I have personally never felt as offended/violated as after reading it. Exploitative doesn't begin to cover how it presents suicidal depression."

4.20 avg rating — 128,384 ratings

"Again a book I haven't actually read (but might if my library ever gets a copy). Hovewer, I have heard it presents "severe" OCD in a really iffy, sugary way. MC basically gets a HEA because of a POETRY GROUP/self-realization."

3.93 avg rating — 152 ratings

"Not strongly terrible really, but kind of sends treatment-negative messages through a disabled character. As in, better to die than to depend on other people. I guess it's done in a somewhat emotionally realistic way, but, really?"

3.69 avg rating — 53,063 ratings

"Lightreads (who BTW has lots of intersting reviews discussing disability) makes a good point about this one, so quote: "these narratives about how far science should or shouldn’t go are, when you scrape away everything else, just shittily disguised exercises in [...] body xenophobia. I mean look, these are books about reconstructed bodies and reconstituted physical and neurological lives, and they’re all, “but what if I’m not huuuuuuman anymore, weep wail.” It’s disability anxiety dressed up pretty." Still, I really liked this one, so I'm not saying people shouldn't give it a shot if interested."

3.74 avg rating — 192,991 ratings

"The fantastic final plot twist... yikes! (view spoiler)[Protagonist merts a mentally disabled man who turns out to be related to his former lover. This character is constantly referred to as damaged/faulty/broken + is such a burden to his family that his identity is kept secret (for the sake of narrative tension) + described mainly using negative clichés. Naturally he serves to make Mr Protag grateful for his own abled daughter, who "has four limbs, a normal brain, and the emotional make-up that allows the child, the girl, the woman to lead any sort of life". . (hide spoiler)]Depending on which theory of the ending you subscribe to "

4.26 avg rating — 1,806,437 ratings

"Do I need to say it again? Insporational sel-destruction crap of the first order."

3.87 avg rating — 599,847 ratings

"Bernadette's illnesses (depression and anxiety of the kind that leaves her bound to a small area of her home) are twisted into simple eccentricies the moment the narrative decides to be on her side and portray her as human. Consequences involve extreme treatment-negativity, stigmatizing, and condescending remarks about people not wealthy enough to pull similar tricks. Why? Because if she's ill, she cannot ever be a decent/beloved mother/wife - so of course she has to be not ill!!!!!"