I started reading a print copy but was finding it challenging to get through. I realized this was because it is written in the author's very casual, conversational voice (Twitterisms, one review calls them--lots of saying "hashtag" out loud and so forth--but in the many interview/podcasts I've listened to, that's how he often talks). Fortunately, Ryan narrates the audiobook himself, so I soon switched to that, and enjoyed the read/listen.

This was by far the most disabled (not to mention, queer disabled) literary fiction I've read. It deserves a gazillion stars for that alone. I loved the exploration of Elliott's internalized ableism and how his self-confidence changes for the better when he gets to know his first disabled friend. I really want more fiction like this!

A random thing I'm puzzled by: at one point Elliott says something like, "Fuck her and the horse she rode in on! Also, why are old timey sayings always so ableist?" I don't disagree, but I don't see the ableism in that particular old timey saying! I got as far as, it's ableist if the horse was maybe a mobility aid...but that is a stretch and can't be what he was going for, right??