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A review by rychelereads
The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
1.0
[modern, supernatural, magical realism, weird, young adult]
Appropriation.
The writer is not first nations while the main character and the character called "Grandmother" are. Everything is written from a white-lens and stereotypes abound. This is poor execution of an attempt at allyship. I'm loathe to say anything nice about it since you can attribute the dreamy quality of the story to the juxtaposition of prose and whimsical parables, and in large those parables are stolen. Also, the science of memory and ptsd was info-dumped at length.
Read Debbie Reese's reviews for more.
Appropriation.
The writer is not first nations while the main character and the character called "Grandmother" are. Everything is written from a white-lens and stereotypes abound. This is poor execution of an attempt at allyship. I'm loathe to say anything nice about it since you can attribute the dreamy quality of the story to the juxtaposition of prose and whimsical parables, and in large those parables are stolen. Also, the science of memory and ptsd was info-dumped at length.
Read Debbie Reese's reviews for more.