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Review: The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes
Oct. 6th, 2018 06:44 pmThe Storm Runner by JC Cervantes
I have mixed feelings about this book—specifically, about the disability representation.
In general, I think this was a pretty successful "Percy Jackson" take on Maya mythology. It's very Rick Riordan-esque...though not quite exactly the same.
But I'm here mostly to talk about the disability rep, so, here are my thoughts.
Although the story concludes with Zane being okay with his shorter leg, there are parts of the book where Zane temporarily gets his disability "fixed" and goes into detail about his feelings of elation, and I worry that still sort of reinforces ableism, maybe. Especially since Zane's cane is often described as an object of his hatred instead of an object he needs/heavily relies on.
Anyway, those are my (brief) thoughts.
I have mixed feelings about this book—specifically, about the disability representation.
In general, I think this was a pretty successful "Percy Jackson" take on Maya mythology. It's very Rick Riordan-esque...though not quite exactly the same.
But I'm here mostly to talk about the disability rep, so, here are my thoughts.
Although the story concludes with Zane being okay with his shorter leg, there are parts of the book where Zane temporarily gets his disability "fixed" and goes into detail about his feelings of elation, and I worry that still sort of reinforces ableism, maybe. Especially since Zane's cane is often described as an object of his hatred instead of an object he needs/heavily relies on.
Anyway, those are my (brief) thoughts.
