Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

One for All by Lillie Lainoff

58 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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2busyreading's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

4.5


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jvbook_reader's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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bookedandbusy's review

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adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was incredible. The chronic illness rep was amazing and I felt so seen and saw so much of myself in Tania, and found her strength and determination so inspiring, I absolutely loved the friendships and banter in this book as well! 

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stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0


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h_reads98's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75


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novella42's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I loved this book very very much. At times it felt a little confusing, so I took off 0.25 stars, but I loved it anyway. Seeing a chronically ill protagonist fight through the ableism in the world AND her own internalized ableism was just fantastic to witness. The afterword made me cry and inspired me to work on my own fiction and dream about my own disabled protagonist. I'm grateful for this book.

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_thebookishbarista_'s review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was incredible and I think so, so many people would benefit from hearing this story. 

This book is about Tania de Batz, a young girl who suffers from POTS, and those around her treat her as weak and ‘broken’ because of this. However, her father, who was a Musketeer, has always been determined to show her own strength. Whenever her father is brutally murdered, she agrees with his wish for her to attend Madame de Treville’s training to make her into a “suitable” wife. However, when she gets there, she discovers a secret: the training is actually an undercover operation to uncover an assassination plot. At Tania becomes stronger, both physically and emotionally, she grows close to the girls she works with, and a specific target. Tania truly comes into her own and it’s beautiful to read in this 3 musketeers retelling. 

“To live up to everyone’s expectations, but also wanting to make you own way. To never feel like you’ll be good enough, not in the way you want you to be.” 

For the majority of this book, I was leaning towards it being a 4 star read. However, the ending had me shook. Let’s just say it made me think that my intuition sucks. The writing is lyrical and read a lot like a fairytale. Personally, if you like Stephanie Garber’s writing, I think you will love his book. This was an incredible book!

“‘You’re not watching the show,” I chastised… “Maybe not, but I’m watching a wonder infinitely more entrancing.’”

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mengzhenreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Less of a retelling than a continuation of the Three Musketeers except now it's four instead of three. Very cute but nothing groundbreaking with the writing and stuff.

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amberinpieces's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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