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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Colonisation
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse
Un autre livre à lire avec un surligneur. Y’a des sections que j’ai relues deux ou trois fois chacune tant que je les ai aimées. Seul regret : ne pas l’avoir lu en anglais. MAIS… il est dispo sur YouTube et Spotify par contre! Alors je vais assurément me le faire lire en travaillant dans les prochains jours!
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Some beautiful turns of phrase and evocative storytelling, and also, humour! Haven't listened to the audio accompaniments yet, but looking forward to teaching excerpts in my intro class.
*updated review* Reading it a second time really helped to connect the nuanced constellations of relationships that she builds. Still beautiful, still funny - "some people only think that i’m smart when i talk like peter mansbridge."
*updated review* Reading it a second time really helped to connect the nuanced constellations of relationships that she builds. Still beautiful, still funny - "some people only think that i’m smart when i talk like peter mansbridge."
I enjoyed this book. It felt very different from any other book I've ever read.
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This is such a great collection. We are treated to both short stories and verse in this. Traditional meets modernity and braids together in symbiosis. There is a tone to most of her writing that made me smile. A wry wit, a sharp tongue. A gleaming eye. And there were so many pieces that filled me with dread and sadness. She has a way with words.
My favourite pieces were "waaseyaaban", "jiibay or aandizooke", "for asinykwe", and "a love song for attawapiskat". I will go back and reread those again one day. Can't wait to read The Accident of Being Lost.
My favourite pieces were "waaseyaaban", "jiibay or aandizooke", "for asinykwe", and "a love song for attawapiskat". I will go back and reread those again one day. Can't wait to read The Accident of Being Lost.
Update: I immediately reread it as an audiobook. Highly recommend.
Phenomenal.
Phenomenal.
“and for the rest of your life you wish that you’d known to hold her and to whisper into her ear that binesiwag are always only here to protect us. they are only ever here to love us.
nishnaabemowin: binesiwag means thunderbirds.”
challenging
emotional
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:
Complicated
Powerful anthology of stories/tales/happenings by Canadian Indigenous author. Some are sad, some amusing, some make you so angry, or despairing, or resolute.