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Enjoying the clever writing, word play, and quick pace.

Very friendly for people unfamiliar with the social model of disability and new to reading disability stories and education. Excellent at presenting changes in perspectives and providing human experiences and empathy for a variety of disability identities.

1920’s novel by Jamaican-American novelist Claude McKay, which focuses on a newly disabled double amputee in Marseille. This has been on my list to read for “broadening the canon” and reading classics written by women and BIPOC, but I’m also glad that it’s a classic centering a Black man with a disability, as disabled characters rarely take center stage, and even more so in classics.

Phew

About every 5% I have a horrified and baffled exclamation of “WHAT THE FUCK? OH GOD THERE’S MORE BOOK LEFT??”

Really enjoying this, glad I’ve stuck with it despite really not liking the audio narration.

Not enjoying the audio narrator, which makes learning about tennis against my will less appealing. Fingers crossed I like the romance. July’s book club pick.

Not familiar with this author, but I’ve noticed the cover a couple times at the library and decided to grab it and give it a go.

Love that there’s an 11 minute foreword being like “Plz don’t be mad, but this book doesn’t hold your hand.” It’s okay, I read Absolution when it came out, I’m prepared.

I bet this would’ve slapped when I was like 17, but it’s irritating and boring now

Been saving this treat for the right mood, and today is the day! I’m taking a few days off work so it feels like the perfect time to listen to this.

Wow I love how messy this situation has gotten, and how no one is going through it unscathed