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A review by madelynh
The Break by Katherena Vermette
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I struggle with books that are this tragic and I definitely need to read more in general from Indigenous authors to balance it out, but I do think that this is a very good book. It’s hopeful but also complicated, it leaves you with so much unfinished because who knows how life will go, but also with a sense of possibility that for some of these characters things might get better. And also in a lot of ways things are okay as they are. But also that recognition is clear in the unfinished stories that the personal community and healing here isn’t enough to actually fix everything. It’s a lot but that’s what the world is.
Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Addiction