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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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:
Yes
It wasn’t bad but it missed the depth I like in fiction books. Too many narratives.
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Stalking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Genocide, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Trail of tears, f slur, s slur.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Brilliant. Hope to see this in the hands of students in Indigenous Studies courses.
Well the subject matter was interesting, important, and the writing was good, this was a slow dream a little too slow even for me. There were parts that I didn't understand why it was included even by the end of the book. I'm sure they were there to make the characters feel more whole and for us to see their turmoil and self-destructive patterns. But overall it was just an important story that I kind of ended up skimming through a little bit.
This novel was a slow burn for me. I found myself more gravitated towards some of the characters perspectives than others. The last third of the book blossomed for me—all of the pieces of this family, their history, and their pain started to fall into place and deepen in color and texture. Hobson writes from such an important and often overlooked perspective and asks to confront and reimagine death.
"The Removed" was an okay reading experience for me. When I started, I was reading it in short bursts, which was confusing. I was wondering if it was a short story collection at first. Towards the end, I was listening in bigger chunks, and that helped me see how the chapters connected. At that point, I loved it. I'd read this book again. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrators did a phenomenal job.