A review by gemmadee
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden

5.0

I read the first four pages and thought, "Damn. That's how you start a book." The rest of the story lived up to it. The feuds are as devastating as anything in Shakespeare or your own family history. The characters are credible and engaging. Native traditionalists, Catholic conservatives, drug dealers, street people, and fashion models improbably mingle in the near-arctic northern wilds, small town Canada, and New York City, but somehow Boyden makes these unlikely travels seem completely natural.