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Review: The Merge - Grace Walker
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

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Review: The Extremities - Samantha Kimmey
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

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

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Review: The Sundowner's Dance - Todd Keisling
Genre: Horror, Supernatural Published: Shortwave Media, April 2025 My Rating: 5/5 stars Fans of Iain Reid’s We Spread will delight in...

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Review: An Earthquake is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth - Anna Moschovakis
Genre: literary fiction Published: Soft Skull Press, November 2024 My Rating: 1.5/5 stars “They say that walking is controlled falling,...

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Out on a Limb - Hannah Bonam-Young
Genre: Romance Published: Independently published by the author, July 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “It’s so much easier to communicate...

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Review: Nobody's Empire - Stuart Murdoch
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: HarperVia, January 2025 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “Delight in the small things, they say. I don’t know...

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Review: Moving Mountains: Writing Nature through Illness and Disability - Louise Kenward
Genre: Disability Non-fiction/Memoir, Anthology Published: Footnote Press, October 2023 My Rating: 2/5 stars "It's reminded me of the...

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Review: The Empusium - Olga Tokarczuk
Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Published: Riverhead Books, September 2024, Originally published by Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2022....

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

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

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

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

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Review: Handicap: een bevrijding - Anaïs van Ertvelde
Genre: Non-fiction, disability Published: De Bezige Bij, january 2024 My Rating: 5/5 stars English follows Dutch. Zonder overdrijven kan...

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Review: Where I End - Sophie White
Genre: Literary fiction, Horror Published: Kensington Books, September 2024, Originally published by Tramp Press, October 2022 My Rating:...

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Caregiving in Fiction: disability & (chronic) illness representation from a different perspective
Often times, all books about disability or illness are thrown onto the same heap, regardless of the perspective they focus on.

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Review: Where You See Yourself - Claire Forrest
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Published: Scholastic Press, May 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars “He clears his throat. ‘I do hope you know...

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Review: What Willow Says - Lynn Buckle
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Epoque Press, May 2021 My Rating: 3/5 stars “We live and walk upon these stories. She, least least,...

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Review: A Little Heart - Vladarg Delsat
Genre: Middle-grade Published: Independently published by the author, december 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars I don’t like to hate on...

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Review: Ruptured - Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Genre: Middle Grade, Novel in Verse Published: Holiday House Books, November 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars A fabulous and heartfelt novel in...

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