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The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

4.09 AVERAGE


read if you love having your heart broken into a million pieces over and over. perfect story. screaming crying pissing and throwing up for a sequel
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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I’m very apprehensive of Indigenous YA fiction because unfortunately I think a lot of authors limit their Indigenous characters and stories to trauma reflections and narratives. This book essentially did the same thing. It was an easy read but it was not captivating enough for me to read the sequel. 
adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book really hit me in the feels.
adventurous emotional 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: No

when Tagalog line entered, me:
Uy pilipinss 
bat ganito ako mag review. Wala talagang kwenta eh.
Balikan ko nalang pag sinipag ako
challenging emotional reflective 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: Complicated
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Excellent addition to YA Dystopian fic, I had to read this one after sitting in on a lit circle discussion group in which they absolutely raved about it. Will definitely be recommending it for future classes.