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Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

54 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book was beautiful. I think everyone should read it because it truly gives perspective to so many different people’s experiences. I think my favourite character was Clara. She was always up to something and she was willing to reflect. There is a lot we can learn from her. The character I most connected to was Maisie. I have felt very similar things that she has and coped in similar ways. I find so much respect for her. It was a gorgeous novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Suicide, Sexual assault, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, Pregnancy, Addiction, Death, Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Self harm, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Genocide, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

candaceross321's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

aplpaca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Sexism, and Violence

tmazzzzzi's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug use, Racism, Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death, Racism, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Confinement, Child abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

marchemvee's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Emotional. Beautiful. Incredible. An absolute must read. While heart wrenching at times, Five Little Indians is a powerful and must-read novel to deepen an understanding of some lived experiences of Residential School survivors in Canada. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Rape, and Drug use

tytad's review against another edition

Too heavy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

gray_birch's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The book as a whole is pretty good it helped me gain a farther understanding of what it was like to indigenous people after residential school but I do have to that, the book is kinda jumpy in the time line like this happened oh now its a year later kind of thing. The characters there was some character development mainly at the end and some were more developed than others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, and Child death

kimmyvickers's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Such an important story for all to read. However, the writing itself is very telling and less showing. We don’t get a deep development of characters as the text itself is rushed. The content is deeply reflective and essential for all humans to know and understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Colonisation, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, and Drug use

danielle_sips_tea's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit