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purplepickle's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Racism, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Death of parent, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
kaymaxwell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Genocide, Sexual violence, and Forced institutionalization
tlaynejones's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Medical trauma, Racism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide
Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault
lisettemarie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Colonisation, and Child death
Moderate: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Murder, and Violence
allikay14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Genocide, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping
tales_told_in_gold's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Starting off as a random find at the library, "The Marrow Thieves" ended up being a layered emotional journey loaded with enough sucker-punch twists to make my heart ache. The narrative voice that Dimaline weaves into her characters is truly a skill to admire. She makes you feel like you're sitting right there beside them, listening to their stories as they captivate you with memorable tales of love and grief and joy and pain.
We follow the perspective of Frenchie, a teenage boy whose coming-of-age in this world of environmental destruction and cruelest inhumanity towards Indigenous peoples lead him to discover what it means to be a survivor of a rich heritage being systematically targeted by those who seek a cure to their own lost culture.
How do you hold on to what you have left? How do you regain what's been eradicated? How far would you go to protect your loved ones?
Give this speculative novel a read if any of those questions intrigued you.
Graphic: Medical trauma, Racism, Genocide, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Rape
leenzreadz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Blood
kchin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Murder, War, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence
julalbert56's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Genocide and Rape
thenextbookdilemma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Confinement, Child death, and Trafficking
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism