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jeanettesonya 's review for:
Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book in around 24 hours. I was a little surprised by this book. It was my second time attempting it, my first being years ago, shortly after the 2013 Canada Reads competition. Then, I couldn’t get past those first few pages.
In hindsight, maybe it was a good thing I couldn’t read it then. Would I have taken it as seriously? Would my heart have been as broken by the way Saul Indian Horse - and thousands of children like him - was broken? Would I have been as angry? As hopeful for the glimmer of restoration that Wagamese gives in the final pages?
Or, would I have just seen it as a well-written, sad story, but certainly not something I have anything to do with?
Anyway. This book is fabulous. It’s about hockey. Like, all about hockey. Detailed descriptions of puck passing from stick to stick. But, I am not all about hockey and somehow still enjoyed it, even saw a beauty in the game. Wagamese is a master and I wish I could thank him for putting this book out into the world.
In hindsight, maybe it was a good thing I couldn’t read it then. Would I have taken it as seriously? Would my heart have been as broken by the way Saul Indian Horse - and thousands of children like him - was broken? Would I have been as angry? As hopeful for the glimmer of restoration that Wagamese gives in the final pages?
Or, would I have just seen it as a well-written, sad story, but certainly not something I have anything to do with?
Anyway. This book is fabulous. It’s about hockey. Like, all about hockey. Detailed descriptions of puck passing from stick to stick. But, I am not all about hockey and somehow still enjoyed it, even saw a beauty in the game. Wagamese is a master and I wish I could thank him for putting this book out into the world.