Lmao yes the ninja warrior chapters were hilarious. I did not take this book seriously at all, it was recommended by a coworker and I thought what the hell? Why not? So I had 0 expectations. It is not that well written and it drags on for too long but I can’t say I wasn’t entertained. The dragons are fun. It’s a junk food book. Not high quality but still enjoyable if you turn your brain off.
I have chronic pain due to a different chronic illness, so not the same but it came across as more wish fulfillment than ableist to me. Like yeah sure you can just keep training and not cripple yourself - pure fantasy irl but a common trope in media. Apparently the author actually has EDS, violet is probably at least somewhat of a self-insert. I can’t say I don’t wish I could just push through all my limitations. I can’t but it would be nice if it were possible.
Your pov is valid though, not trying to discount that. I think I just didn’t take the book seriously enough to even consider it being realistic in any way.