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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Heart-breakingly beautiful. An important book with a voice that needs to be heard. Honest, raw, with beautifully flawed characters. Tells a painful story of the way Indigenous and Mètis women are and have been treated in Canada through the eyes and experiences of various women. Must read.
holy, this book. this was a lot. a little too close to home, literally. every Canadian, but especially every Manitoban should read this book. my only minor criticism is that there are many characters & it was sometimes hard to keep track. but this was a big, beautiful, important, heartbreaking story.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
3.5
Too many characters, not tied together enough. There was a lot I liked but I feel like it missed the mark.
Too many characters, not tied together enough. There was a lot I liked but I feel like it missed the mark.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Although graphic and gutting at times, this is a perfect first novel. The stories of these Metis-Anishnaabe women from Winnipeg's North End demand to be heard, and together form a very real and very timely portrait that turns the mirror on issues of gender, race and the cycle of abuse that haunt our country.
There is no way any review I give The Break will fully do it justice, and I am still feeling a little blindsided by the revelations of the last 50 pages, but suffice it to say that this is going to be THE BOOK to read this fall. I cannot recommend it enough.
There is no way any review I give The Break will fully do it justice, and I am still feeling a little blindsided by the revelations of the last 50 pages, but suffice it to say that this is going to be THE BOOK to read this fall. I cannot recommend it enough.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated