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The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

4.09 AVERAGE

dark informative

Really great concept, & commentary. 

I loved that it felt like it was more about these specific Indigenous characters and their stories/culture/loss etc.

My main beef with this is while I loved the interwoven stories in the narrative, the writing style overall didn’t feel all that engaging to me personally, & I found myself constantly pretty bored. 

I really wish I loved this more, I still think it’s an important book & a very real world concept absolutely & I get why people love it.
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DID NOT FINISH: 10%

this book bored me. the concept was great, the writing was fine but overall i was just bored

I didn’t finish the book because I didn’t find it intriguing. The premise sounded really promising but in the end it didn’t deliver.
dark emotional hopeful fast-paced
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
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional informative sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark emotional reflective sad tense 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
adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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
dark fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes