484 reviews for:

The Strangers

Katherena Vermette

4.22 AVERAGE

violet97's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

desarroi's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Abandonment

terese_utan_h's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mayareads4fun's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

cbroughton's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Has a novel ever left you feeling emotionally exhausted after reading it? This one will! Although “The Strangers” is a companion to Vermette’s first novel “The Break”, you can still read this one without having to read the other novel first. Although I prefer “The Break” overall, this novel was still great! The best way to describe it is ‘a gut wrenching emotional rollercoaster’ that highlights many issues affecting Indigenous peoples today. The first chapter of this novel holds nothing back—I only had to read the first page to know that I was going to love this book! This novel is written in a multi-character perspective (3 generations of women) and explores so many important topics including racism, trauma, and love. 

hazy_amber's review against another edition

5.0

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If there is one thing to say about Katherena Vermette is that she loves her characters. She so obviously does.
They are never perfect, their lives are never easy, but they are just so loved by the storyteller.
And it gives me hope.
Hope that through this love of the storyteller people whose stories are similar will get to love themselves.

pmorewood's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shawnita's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thislibrarianisreading's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brndnwrght's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes