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civicprincess's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
alysereadsbooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Listened to the audiobook version of this and thoroughly enjoyed! It was dense and academic, so it deserves a reread. Great analysis of what it means to be disabled in the world and how it influences time
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Chronic illness
fuguballoon's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
I struggled to get through this book. Although I truly appreciated some passages, the lack of chapter breaks made it hard to find natural stopping points, or to have a sense of the overall pace. (I read the ebook, maybe the print version has breaks.) As a disabled person, I liked the way the author described his life in the present as generally happy and fulfilling. It's definitely not the usual depiction of disabled people as either tragic or inspirational, which was meaningful to me. However, I agree with other reviews that said a lot of the reason why his life is the way it is its because of privilege (racial, economic, etc) that not everyone has. I think they could have been acknowledged better, or at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
bkish's review against another edition
5.0
Diffficult to write about this very personal story by Jan Grue published in Norway and won awards in 2018 and just recently english translation. The honesty and straightforward thinking and writing by this young man it blows me away far away.
Jan Grue has had from childhood a muscular damage atrophy not sure what actually is his diagnosis. He speaks as someone who couldnt do what a child should do wants to do run stretch and he is able to walk and there is here one description of how he gets up from chair with his wife to get water. Jan is a Professor (not sure what subject)a husband a father a son a friend a writer. He has manual and electric wheelchair. He lets readers know about the life of this man and it is all said all written. He regrets his regrets are that the world doesnt allow for someone like him doesnt allow for the wheelchair and so he has taken these years to write about being him being himself and being him and being himself in the world as it is. He has traveled and studied at UC Berkeley for a year and really liked California (where I live). He talks about being a father and his very young son who can run.
This book should give each reader an opportunity to be more conscious
Judy g
Jan Grue has had from childhood a muscular damage atrophy not sure what actually is his diagnosis. He speaks as someone who couldnt do what a child should do wants to do run stretch and he is able to walk and there is here one description of how he gets up from chair with his wife to get water. Jan is a Professor (not sure what subject)a husband a father a son a friend a writer. He has manual and electric wheelchair. He lets readers know about the life of this man and it is all said all written. He regrets his regrets are that the world doesnt allow for someone like him doesnt allow for the wheelchair and so he has taken these years to write about being him being himself and being him and being himself in the world as it is. He has traveled and studied at UC Berkeley for a year and really liked California (where I live). He talks about being a father and his very young son who can run.
This book should give each reader an opportunity to be more conscious
Judy g