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A review by jandi
Glass Beads by Dawn Dumont
5.0
What a beautiful book, blazed through it in a couple of days. The stunning cover art drew me first to it, as it was offered as part of One eRead Canada. It is described as a collection of short stories, but it seemed to me more of a novel with an unconventional structure - lots of vignettes and fast forward. It tells the story of a group of First Nation friends trying to navigate adulthood in a world they don't quite fit into, drifting in and out of each other's lives as time goes on. The characters are fully fleshed out, even with the discontinuous, choppy narration.
It is a darker, subtle read. Kind of reminded me of Milan Kundera's [b:The Unbearable Lightness of Being|9717|The Unbearable Lightness of Being|Milan Kundera|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1265401884i/9717._SY75_.jpg|4489585] or Paolo Giordano's [b:The Solitude of Prime Numbers|6613956|The Solitude of Prime Numbers|Paolo Giordano|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442465089i/6613956._SY75_.jpg|3873004] - loneliness is a universal theme.
It is a darker, subtle read. Kind of reminded me of Milan Kundera's [b:The Unbearable Lightness of Being|9717|The Unbearable Lightness of Being|Milan Kundera|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1265401884i/9717._SY75_.jpg|4489585] or Paolo Giordano's [b:The Solitude of Prime Numbers|6613956|The Solitude of Prime Numbers|Paolo Giordano|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442465089i/6613956._SY75_.jpg|3873004] - loneliness is a universal theme.