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A review by sandraagee
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-To-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley
3.0
I played this audiobook for myself and my two kids during a bout of, "we need to get this house cleaned so help me God" so we would have something to listen to and enjoy while we worked. I fully acknowledge that this means that I was somewhat distracted as I listened. I certainly got the gist of the story, which I liked, and could easily follow the plot from start to finish, but almost just as certainly missed some details.
My only (minor) complaint about this book is that it didn't seem fully fleshed out. This complaint is to be taken with a big fat grain of Himalayan salt though because a) I was distracted as I listened, and I might have found the book more well rounded if I had been paying closer attention, and b) it's an early chapter book and a relatively simple story comes with the territory.
One very interesting part of this book was Jo Jo's well-intentioned teacher, who is trying so hard but as a white guy does not truly get Ojibwe culture. I thought that was a very useful and surprisingly entertaining way to look at the cultural aspect of this book without weighing the story down with seriousness.
My only (minor) complaint about this book is that it didn't seem fully fleshed out. This complaint is to be taken with a big fat grain of Himalayan salt though because a) I was distracted as I listened, and I might have found the book more well rounded if I had been paying closer attention, and b) it's an early chapter book and a relatively simple story comes with the territory.
One very interesting part of this book was Jo Jo's well-intentioned teacher, who is trying so hard but as a white guy does not truly get Ojibwe culture. I thought that was a very useful and surprisingly entertaining way to look at the cultural aspect of this book without weighing the story down with seriousness.