Angelfall

I wanted to love this book so much. And for the most part I do. However, there are parts I just can't get over. The ableism/inspiration porn is so rich in this book. I'm sorry if a toddler broke her back while in her mentally ill mother's care child protective services would have removed her and and her sister from the home. The toddler is paralyzed after all. The way disability is described in the book rubs me the wrong way. There was no nuance to the description of schizophrenia either. When the book began I was excited to see how disability would be handled in this world. I love this genre, but I never read books that have people like me in them. Maybe I'm just reading the wrong books. People with disabilities exist in the world, but we are never included in these books. So I'm happy that Ee tried. I just wish she had done some research into our world beforehand. I will read the rest of the series because I already own them, but also because I do like the story overall. And I'd recommend it to my friends despite its flaws.