I completely understand what you said in regards to The Good Thieves. As someone who suffers chronic pain, I’ve dealt with my fair share of people who just expect me to “power through” pain, so rep like this can be harmful to an extent. As much as I appreciate a character with chronic pain being able to do anything, as it can be quite cathartic, at the same time I don’t want people to think I can do everything at all times or just ignore my pain. Chloe Brown is sooooooo good!!!! I loved that book so so much 💕 And I’ll have to check out The Silence Between Us. Great video, Izzie!
I often feel like i'm screaming into a void when talking about disability and disability in books too. Especially because I read all over the place and when I pick up something about disability it's like...crickets...and every time I lose subs. Every single time to the point it's disheartening as it feels like people saying "how dare you talk about disability! That's so negative! I don't wanna hear about that stuff!" and maybe i'm being too sensitive or exaggerating but when it's again and again...I can't help but wonder. It's always awesome to find others who talk about disability and disability in books as well...though I can't think of anyone who does that isn't also disabled themselves so I guess it's like we're all screaming into the void...
You’re definitely not exaggerating or being dramatic! It is really disheartening and there is still a disappointing amount of ableism in the book community, despite it being one of the more “accepting” communities😔 i agree that a lot of the time it feels like able bodied people think we’re asking for too much just to express our frustration about our disabilities🙄 I will continue to scream into the void, though, so I’m always here❤️
What an awesome video, thanks for explaining your perspective. As an able-bodied person, it's sometimes hard to ascertain how accurate disability rep is, so it's important to hear from own voices reviewers.
yes i love the rep in chloe brown!! yes, talia hibbert has chronic pain. She has my chronic illness called POTS! She has written a book with POTS rep, which is called That Kind of Guy!
These all sound so good! I keep seeing Chloé Brown everywhere but I don’t think I knew exactly what it was about until now, hehe. I’m especially intrigued by A Kind of Spark, it sounds so sweet. Thank you for sharing all your thoughts, there’s definitely listeners out here 💓
Love this video! I am a huge fan of Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz because I felt very seen by it, as my chronic illnesses affect me similarly to the main character. I also enjoyed that the main character's brother in You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson had a chronic illness. Disability rep in fantasy is pretty rare so I really appreciated the rep of anxiety and migraines in A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown although I'm not own voices on those. I also found it fascinating that the main character's 'power' in the fantasy book Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth was inspired by chronic pain, even if this isn't mentioned explicitly in the book itself. This is the first video of yours I've watched and I can't wait to watch more!
Sick Kids In Love is one of my fav books! It’s really the only book that I’ve felt seen by! I had no idea the Songs of Wraith and Ruin had that rep?!??! It’s going to the top of my tbr, I have migraines and anxiety so that sounds amazing! Also had no idea about carve the Mark, thank you for letting me know☺️ I’m so glad to have you here, thank you for your support🥰
I really loved Chloe Brown! I have chronic pain though not as severe as hers, and it was very special to me to see that in a romance heroine, and to see how her love interest didn't consider her a burden. Elle is super awesome, and I really liked the representation in A Kind of Spark as an autistic person. I didn't go to public school, so I fortunately didn't have to deal with such horrible teachers until I grew up and went to college, but I'm very horrified and yet not surprised that what happened with teachers in the book was heavily based on what happened to Elle in her childhood.
Same!!! I don’t think I can recall ever reading about a character with chronic pain who ends up in a relationship🥺 it made my heart happy! I’m glad you loved A Kind Of Spark, too! It’s definitely not surprising that a lot of it was drawn from real life, sadly😔
Heard of your channel through Beautifully Bookish Bethany ❤️ As someone in a wheelchair 🦼, want to read more disability representation 🤗 Curious as to own voice reviews and sensitivity reading 🤔
You should check out The Girl in Red by Christina Henry! It has disability rep. I quite enjoyed it but i would love to hear your opinion of it. I don’t believe it’s own voices though.
I loooved to see you being so happy and enthusiastic about those books!! You deserve so much great books and rep 💕 I will definitely add some of those to my tbr 💗💗
Hi Izzie! Boy this must be screaming hard with a pandemic going on! I wish you well you are adorable. Do you go out and about in your wheel chair? Are you tube fed? Mouth of mikey? Your so pretty.
I was looking forward to this video since you mentioned it was in planning, so I'm happy to see that you uploaded it! Thank you for sharing your thoughts about these books with us and putting the emphasis on the own voices by linking reviews :D
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed it❤️ I tried my best with reviews but there was so few, which just shows how much work needs to be done to get these books into the hands of disabled reviewers!!
Nijkamp is kind of pronounces Naicamp, English does not have the ij sound, but ai is kind of close Edit: The ie in Marieke is one sound, but I can’t think of how I’d descibe it to an English speaker
@Iskra D I’m not familiar with any slavic languages I’m afraid. Though now that I’ve had a bit more time to think, I think in english you’d write the ie as ee or like, that would be close
I completely understand what you said in regards to The Good Thieves. As someone who suffers chronic pain, I’ve dealt with my fair share of people who just expect me to “power through” pain, so rep like this can be harmful to an extent. As much as I appreciate a character with chronic pain being able to do anything, as it can be quite cathartic, at the same time I don’t want people to think I can do everything at all times or just ignore my pain.
Chloe Brown is sooooooo good!!!! I loved that book so so much 💕 And I’ll have to check out The Silence Between Us. Great video, Izzie!
I often feel like i'm screaming into a void when talking about disability and disability in books too. Especially because I read all over the place and when I pick up something about disability it's like...crickets...and every time I lose subs. Every single time to the point it's disheartening as it feels like people saying "how dare you talk about disability! That's so negative! I don't wanna hear about that stuff!" and maybe i'm being too sensitive or exaggerating but when it's again and again...I can't help but wonder. It's always awesome to find others who talk about disability and disability in books as well...though I can't think of anyone who does that isn't also disabled themselves so I guess it's like we're all screaming into the void...
You’re definitely not exaggerating or being dramatic! It is really disheartening and there is still a disappointing amount of ableism in the book community, despite it being one of the more “accepting” communities😔 i agree that a lot of the time it feels like able bodied people think we’re asking for too much just to express our frustration about our disabilities🙄 I will continue to scream into the void, though, so I’m always here❤️
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What an awesome video, thanks for explaining your perspective. As an able-bodied person, it's sometimes hard to ascertain how accurate disability rep is, so it's important to hear from own voices reviewers.
yes i love the rep in chloe brown!! yes, talia hibbert has chronic pain. She has my chronic illness called POTS! She has written a book with POTS rep, which is called That Kind of Guy!
These all sound so good! I keep seeing Chloé Brown everywhere but I don’t think I knew exactly what it was about until now, hehe. I’m especially intrigued by A Kind of Spark, it sounds so sweet. Thank you for sharing all your thoughts, there’s definitely listeners out here 💓
Thank you for these nuanced reviews. 🥰
Love this video! I am a huge fan of Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz because I felt very seen by it, as my chronic illnesses affect me similarly to the main character. I also enjoyed that the main character's brother in You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson had a chronic illness. Disability rep in fantasy is pretty rare so I really appreciated the rep of anxiety and migraines in A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown although I'm not own voices on those. I also found it fascinating that the main character's 'power' in the fantasy book Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth was inspired by chronic pain, even if this isn't mentioned explicitly in the book itself. This is the first video of yours I've watched and I can't wait to watch more!
Sick Kids In Love is one of my fav books! It’s really the only book that I’ve felt seen by! I had no idea the Songs of Wraith and Ruin had that rep?!??! It’s going to the top of my tbr, I have migraines and anxiety so that sounds amazing! Also had no idea about carve the Mark, thank you for letting me know☺️ I’m so glad to have you here, thank you for your support🥰
@@izziesbusyreading7902 Yay I don't know anyone else who's read Sick Kids in Love so we can be excited about it together! No worries :)
As someone who's disabled myself I appreciate this video and these recommendations so much and all your videos !! ❤️❤️❤️
I really loved Chloe Brown! I have chronic pain though not as severe as hers, and it was very special to me to see that in a romance heroine, and to see how her love interest didn't consider her a burden.
Elle is super awesome, and I really liked the representation in A Kind of Spark as an autistic person. I didn't go to public school, so I fortunately didn't have to deal with such horrible teachers until I grew up and went to college, but I'm very horrified and yet not surprised that what happened with teachers in the book was heavily based on what happened to Elle in her childhood.
Same!!! I don’t think I can recall ever reading about a character with chronic pain who ends up in a relationship🥺 it made my heart happy! I’m glad you loved A Kind Of Spark, too! It’s definitely not surprising that a lot of it was drawn from real life, sadly😔
I loved this! Thank you! And I'm a big fan of Talia Hibbert
Heard of your channel through Beautifully Bookish Bethany ❤️ As someone in a wheelchair 🦼, want to read more disability representation 🤗
Curious as to own voice reviews and sensitivity reading 🤔
You should check out The Girl in Red by Christina Henry! It has disability rep. I quite enjoyed it but i would love to hear your opinion of it. I don’t believe it’s own voices though.
Ooooo I haven’t heard of that one!! I’m going to put it on my tbr☺️ thanks for the recommendation!!
Loved this!!!! Also this is my first time being a first viewer to a video EKKK
YAY!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it, thank you for your support🥺❤️
I loooved to see you being so happy and enthusiastic about those books!! You deserve so much great books and rep 💕 I will definitely add some of those to my tbr 💗💗
Thank you, lovely🥺💕 I hope you love the ones you read!!
Hi Izzie! Boy this must be screaming hard with a pandemic going on! I wish you well you are adorable. Do you go out and about in your wheel chair? Are you tube fed? Mouth of mikey? Your so pretty.
I was looking forward to this video since you mentioned it was in planning, so I'm happy to see that you uploaded it!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about these books with us and putting the emphasis on the own voices by linking reviews :D
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed it❤️ I tried my best with reviews but there was so few, which just shows how much work needs to be done to get these books into the hands of disabled reviewers!!
It was great hearing your thoughts on all these books and I'm glad you found a few that you loved and thought were done well :)
A kind of spark sounds very good.
I loved chloe brown. 😃
It’s fab! And yes Chloe Brown was such a pleasant surprise, I enjoyed it so much!!
Nijkamp is kind of pronounces Naicamp, English does not have the ij sound, but ai is kind of close
Edit: The ie in Marieke is one sound, but I can’t think of how I’d descibe it to an English speaker
@Iskra D I’m not familiar with any slavic languages I’m afraid. Though now that I’ve had a bit more time to think, I think in english you’d write the ie as ee or like, that would be close
Thank you so much!! That really helps me out☺️
I would describe the ie in Marieke as the ee sound in English. Maybe as in peek
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