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Entstellt - Über Märchen, Behinderung und Teilhabe by Amanda Leduc

56 reviews

scarroll178's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

3.75

Very repetitive, but a lot of good insights. I especially appreciated hearing about the language we use to talk about disability.

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good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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ehmannky's review against another edition

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emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

This book is honestly more memoir than it is media analysis, with Leduc using popular fairy tales, tropes, the ways that these fairy tales are reproduced in our modern world, to look back on her own life and struggles being in an ableist world with a visible difference. The chapters that used the fairy tales to supplement her personal life story were the most compelling in my opinion, and the ones that focused more on fairy tales and media analysis felt a little bit on the weaker side. Well worth a read or a listen to, especially if you're interested in disability studies and want to go a bit deeper into it all.

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alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I read this in honor of Disability Pride Month and it did not disappoint. Part essay, part memoir, I loved to hear about the author's experience with cerebral palsy and how fairy tales shaped her childhood, and subliminally, her perceptions of disability. It is a reminder that the stories we tell ourselves and each other do matter and have an impact. Worth a reread as well.

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pipn_t's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

4.5

It was interesting to read about the author’s thoughts on fairy tales. Brief but engaging read.
I had some trouble with formatting of the book (it wouldn’t do two columns for me, plus some font changes that I weren’t sure if they were deliberate or in error), but I assume that’s Libby’s fault and not the book’s?

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lunatik's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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danimacuk's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

I wanted to like this book, but unfortunately it was pretty disappointing to me.

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puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

It was very interesting and I enjoyed the way it wove a narrative out of the author’s personal stories, fairy tales and research. I’m always afraid I’ll get bored and stop retaining information when listening to a nonfiction audiobook, but with this one I was always engaged and just wanted to keep listening! If you have any interest in disability history and/or fairy tales I recommend this book! It’s not a light read as far as the subject matter goes — through the ages disabled people have experienced & still experience terrible violence and discrimination — but I never found it depressing (at least not for long). I learned a lot & saw the deeper history behind some things I already knew.

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morgan_the_moth's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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orangegirl22's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Leduc provides a great look at fairytales through a lens of disability analysis without an academic approach that makes this an especially accessible text for those newly exploring disability issues. The only reason I wouldn’t give it 5 stars is because the balance between personal experience and analysis seems a bit uneven throughout the book, but I think that reading as opposed to listening would have provided for a better experience on that front.

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