A review by claudcloud
Squire by Nadia Shammas

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

History is made not by the figures who we talk about today but by those who are invested in documenting and shaping it. In their hands, events are a tool. Characters are a tool. History, altogether, is a tool, and tools are neutral until they're wielded. When you listen to a story, think about who is telling it. When you listen to a history, think about who it serves.

This was such a lovely little book to start the year off with - and it's also an incredibly current and important one. Who gets to decide the story that gets told? The colonizers (aka the people in power, who, more likely than not, also have all of the control), or the colonized (the oppressed, the ones who actually suffer under the powers-that-be, the ones who have to struggle and fight to make ends meet and to keep living)? Why do tend to place more importance on the former, rather than the latter? And when the curtain drops, as it inevitably should, what are we willing to do to stand up for justice?