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themythicalbookshelf 's review for:
The Exiles
by Christina Baker Kline
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Evangeline felt like a horse resisting a bridle. Resistance, she knew, was pointless; the horse always ends up in the bridle. And so would she.
This was an intriguing and well-written take on the colonization of Australia, and I really enjoyed the multiple POVs that were included, especially Mathinna's. I think Christina Baker Kline did an amazing job portraying the indigenous experience in relation to the colonists occupying Australia, and she also gave a voice to the women that suffered at the hands of arbitrary laws unjust accusations.
Didn't these colonists know that time doesn't move in a line from past to present but instead is continuous? That spirits and humans, animals and plants, are connected by the land, which binds ancestors to descendants in an eternal moment?
While the multiple POVs were very interesting, I think that I would've like to see a bit more from Mathinna's perspective towards the end of the book, especially as she grows older in a world where she no longer fits in as she once did. I also thought that the end felt just a tiny bit rushed, but it was still a good read overall.
This was an intriguing and well-written take on the colonization of Australia, and I really enjoyed the multiple POVs that were included, especially Mathinna's. I think Christina Baker Kline did an amazing job portraying the indigenous experience in relation to the colonists occupying Australia, and she also gave a voice to the women that suffered at the hands of arbitrary laws unjust accusations.
Didn't these colonists know that time doesn't move in a line from past to present but instead is continuous? That spirits and humans, animals and plants, are connected by the land, which binds ancestors to descendants in an eternal moment?
While the multiple POVs were very interesting, I think that I would've like to see a bit more from Mathinna's perspective towards the end of the book, especially as she grows older in a world where she no longer fits in as she once did. I also thought that the end felt just a tiny bit rushed, but it was still a good read overall.