Genre: Contemporary Fiction Published: Soho Press, March 2025 My Rating: 1/5 stars "You look at him, puppy-eyed. At this man who looks like Leo, but isn’t Leo and want to say “my husband always kept pens in his pocket too. I miss you already.” I thought long and hard on how to rate this novel. What I eventually ended up with was the longest review I've ever written, and a rating of a single star. Although it has a bunch of redeeming qualities, which I will address below, I u

Genre: Science Fiction Published: William Morrow, January 2025 My Rating: 3/5 conflicted stars “We cannot escape our creators. I keep saying this. You can't erase that which made you. Even when they are gone, their spirit remains.” I’m not sure if I remember a the last time was that I felt thís conflicted about a book… my reading-journey was a rollercoaster that swerved from hate to love, and ultimately landed in a very mixed area. It took me a little while to detangle my

Genre: Non-fiction, Disability, Self-help Published: Penguin Life, March 2025 My Rating: 1/5 stars This is Body Grief is a non-fiction book about disability and the titular concept, that I was truly excited about ever since its release. Once I got to it though, I found I could not have disliked it any more if I'd'tried... Unfortunate and deeply disappointed rant incoming. What I liked: What drew me to this book originally was the title. Body Grief as a concept is extremely va

Genre: Science Fiction Published: Mariner Books, November 2025 My Rating: 2/5 stars “I knew that she was right. She would forget me. but perhaps I could make sure of it; even long after she was gone, the world would never forget her.” It took me a while to put my thoughts to paper, as this book gave me the biggest whiplash I’ve experienced in a long time. For the first half or so, it was on a five-star-course. I absolutely loved the ideas this book engaged with, and was hook

Genre: Literary Fiction, Disability/Illness Published: October 2025 My Rating: 2/5 stars ‘I was fearful of disturbing it, like the disorder was some animal that would go berserk if it realised it was confined in the cage of my body.’ One day at work, a young newspaper reporter is suddenly struck with a mysterious pain in her hands that renders her unable to type. A string of doctors offer her a string of diagnoses, ranging from carpal tunnel, to arthritis, to her body’s way o

Genre: Contemporary Fiction with Speculative element Published: ECW-Press, October 2025 My Rating: 4/5 stars “If I were to tell someone...

Genre: Horror, Supernatural Published: Shortwave Media, April 2025 My Rating: 5/5 stars Fans of Iain Reid’s We Spread will delight in...

Genre: literary fiction Published: Soft Skull Press, November 2024 My Rating: 1.5/5 stars “They say that walking is controlled falling,...

Genre: Romance Published: Independently published by the author, July 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “It’s so much easier to communicate...

Genre: Literary Fiction Published: HarperVia, January 2025 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “Delight in the small things, they say. I don’t know...

Genre: Disability Non-fiction/Memoir, Anthology Published: Footnote Press, October 2023 My Rating: 2/5 stars "It's reminded me of the...

Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Published: Riverhead Books, September 2024, Originally published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2022....

Genre: Literary Fiction, Eco-fiction Published: W. W. Norton & Company, September 2024 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars “The world was bigger,...

Genre: Horror, Historical Fiction, Frankenstein Retelling Published: Raw Dog Screaming Press, February 2024 My Rating: 4/5 stars " Death...

Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2024 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars rounded up “Try to remember this, I...

Genre: Magical Realism, Short Stories Published: Oneworld Publications, May 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars “Then she takes her husband’s hand,...

Genre: Non-fiction, disability Published: De Bezige Bij, january 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars English follows Dutch. Zonder overdrijven kan...

Genre: Literary fiction, Horror Published: Kensington Books, September 2024, Originally published by Tramp Press, October 2022 My Rating:...

Often times, all books about disability or illness are thrown onto the same heap, regardless of the perspective they focus on.

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Published: Scholastic Press, May 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars “He clears his throat. ‘I do hope you know...