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s0ph1e_a's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This book is beautifully written, and the stories it tells are in some cases incredibly sad and in others very uplifting. Following the characters in this book felt special and I would definitely recommend Canadians read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, and Misogyny
kailas's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Racism, Addiction, Misogyny, Grief, Suicide, Rape, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Colonisation
shelleyanderson4127's review
challenging
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
This is an award winning fictional story that follows the lives of five First nations children who are stolen from their families in the 1960s and confined to a Canadian residential school, where they are systematically abused.
Released as teenagers with no skills or support they begin building lives for themselves amid the drugs and poverty of Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
Make no mistake: Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are, for the most part, survivors, who deal with their shared trauma in their own ways. This is a compelling novel which despite the brutal subject matter never leaves the reader hopeless, because the protagonists themselves, who have the right to feel hopeless, seldom do.
The author is a Cree writer who worked as a lawyer for over 14 years advocating for residential school survivors. This is her debut novel.
Released as teenagers with no skills or support they begin building lives for themselves amid the drugs and poverty of Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
Make no mistake: Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are, for the most part, survivors, who deal with their shared trauma in their own ways. This is a compelling novel which despite the brutal subject matter never leaves the reader hopeless, because the protagonists themselves, who have the right to feel hopeless, seldom do.
The author is a Cree writer who worked as a lawyer for over 14 years advocating for residential school survivors. This is her debut novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide
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