A review by tennisgirl27
Tilly and the Crazy Eights by Monique Gray Smith

3.0

The was a new section added to Overdrive at my library for books nominated for the Canada Reads awards. It sounded like a good story so checked it out. The story itself had so much potential but fell short on a few levels. I’m not sure if this is a young adult read which would explain the simpler text of the book but it just seemed the author was pressed for time and brushed over a lot of things that could have made this a really good read. Secondly this book would have been a great opportunity to educate about the history of Residential schools for the Indigenous population in Canada but it was mentioned several times in passing and lead to no emotional connection. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy this book but it was a bummer bc it could have been a very very good book. 3.5/5