Rose didn’t really have much of a personality until the very end of the book and the romance was kind of shoehorned into the plot at inconvenient times. The last aspect of this book that I had issues with was the romance between Frenchie and Rose. I wanted there to be a slightly more in-depth explanation of that. The part about Minerva having the “key” in her singing was a bit confusing. In addition to the pacing issues, the magical realism aspect could have used a bit of fleshing out. Some of the time changes were quite abrupt and I often found myself wondering how much time had passed between chapters. I’m not quite sure what made it less interesting, but I think it might have something to do with the pacing. It took me about 100 pages to really get into the book and it was very captivating for about 50 pages, then it wavered a bit. Add to that the deaths of Riri and Minerva and I was nearly crying by the time I finished the story. Of course, this often makes it a fairly upsetting read. The Marrow Thieves does a great job of drawing parallels between the atrocities inflicted upon Canada’s Indigenous populations in the past and the theft of marrow in the story. In honour of that, here is a review for a book written by an Indigenous author and featuring Indigenous characters.īefore I get into my personal opinion of this book, I wanted to say that I really appreciate the fact that this is an #ownvoices book that is to say that it was written by a Métis author about a Métis character. In Canada, June is also National Indigenous History Month.
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