A review by arieldeborah
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz

emotional funny informative fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 
"God forbid [being sick] be an important part of your identity that you're just living with."

Writing reviews about five star books can be hard sometimes, it's much easier to write about a book you disliked - or better yet hated.
But Sick Kids in Love deserves to be talked about - because it was fucking fantastic.
I was very anxious going into this book, I mean the title itself made me not even consider it for a while because I try not to read the books romanticizing dying children anymore - for many and obvious reasons. BUT then I saw all the good reviews, then the tagline. "They don't die in this one."
So I gave it a chance.
And I'm so, so glad I did.
This book is the inverse of the problematic prototype. Hannah Moskowitz really did just sit down and write a book that said fuck you too all the others and was fantastic in its own right.

"Sometimes even the things you love are going to be too draining."

The characters are real and flawed (I will fight for Isabel and Sasha as separate badass beings - that overthinking panicky mess and chaotic disaster bi), the relationships with family and friends are complex works in progress, and the dialogue is deeply amusing. Amongst all that cotton candy goodness, the book also features some interwoven serious conversations about ableism, having an invisible disability, the reality of how gender plays into that, socioeconomic priveledges, and gaslighting (by medical professionals and oneself).
In the end, I wouldn't change anything about this book. I read it in a day and loved every second of it. 
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