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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
No
i see why some schools in canada have started including this book in their curricula
At first it was an uni read but at the end I was uncontrollably sobbing
I took forever to start reading this book, and I took ages to finish it. The Marrow Thieves is short, but dense. Following French is as he attempts to escape death, persecution, and his self doubt, is heart breaking and exciting. I put this book down several times, as my fear for French grew.
Cherie Dimaline pens a beautiful prose, in which she fuses the stories of genocides past with the mysticism of Indigenous spirituality to present the story of a survival of a group of Indigenous people.
The hardest part of this book is my knowledge of the plight of people of Indigenous decent. Seeing all those horrors reanimated in this book and mixed with the familiarity of the enemy made this a difficult one for me, and I usually love a good traumatic read.
Cherie Dimaline pens a beautiful prose, in which she fuses the stories of genocides past with the mysticism of Indigenous spirituality to present the story of a survival of a group of Indigenous people.
The hardest part of this book is my knowledge of the plight of people of Indigenous decent. Seeing all those horrors reanimated in this book and mixed with the familiarity of the enemy made this a difficult one for me, and I usually love a good traumatic read.
i really wanted to like this book? i loved the concept but i just felt like the execution was unfinished, the characters were really flat and the plot just felt a little messy. i did really like the romance, it was quite cute and the writing in the book was good too. I did learn a lot from the characters and just the authors opinions so im happy i read it! i just wish this book was more than it was.
I'm rounding up a 4.5 for this one because it just packed so much in one short book. I first heard this mentioned on booktube a while back, but remembered it when Libby had a list of books by indigenous authors for November.
This is terrifying, it's heartbreaking (Riri! Minerva!), it made me almost cry from joy (Mig and Isaac being reuinted!), it had me on the edge of my seat. A dystopian novel that pulls from real history (residential schools, general mistreatment of indigenous peoples) is already intriguing as hell, but when we realize that literally no one we meet is safe - ugh. The stakes were so high.
Wab's coming-to story, involving her sexual assault, was just terrible to listen to. I honestly spent most chapters of this book just horrified at where we were going to end up.
The quality of the audiobook was also stellar - the sound effects, the singing - it made such a great atmosphere.
I am for sure getting the next book out of the library ASAP. So good.
This is terrifying, it's heartbreaking (Riri! Minerva!), it made me almost cry from joy (Mig and Isaac being reuinted!), it had me on the edge of my seat. A dystopian novel that pulls from real history (residential schools, general mistreatment of indigenous peoples) is already intriguing as hell, but when we realize that literally no one we meet is safe - ugh. The stakes were so high.
Wab's coming-to story, involving her sexual assault, was just terrible to listen to. I honestly spent most chapters of this book just horrified at where we were going to end up.
The quality of the audiobook was also stellar - the sound effects, the singing - it made such a great atmosphere.
I am for sure getting the next book out of the library ASAP. So good.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This was a beautifully written post apocalyptic story that captured the power and fear inherent in colonial occupation. By setting the story in a now-familiar milieu, a post apocalyptic world, and genre, YA fiction, the true violence of colonial actions take on a great deal of weight. The idea of physically removing dreams and life forces from Indigenous peoples in resurrected residential schools is a powerful and accessible metaphor for the violence many are all too quick to resign to a colonial past.
This is a fascinating book that does a great job of illustrating issues of climate change and the ongoing genocide of Indigenous people of North America. It checks the YA box of "the main character is a boy in love with a girl" but that is such a backstory to the other events occurring that you almost forget about it. The central metaphor of the book is intensely strong and there are so many well written emotional dramas. Recommended book fo sho
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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:
No