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A review by hosson6
A Quality of Light by Richard Wagamese
3.0
3.5**
A Quality of Light is a beautiful story about Joshua Kane, an adopted Ojibway boy in a Christian home and his friend Johnny, a white boy who really connects and associates with Indigenous cultures and issues. After years of not seeing each other, Joshua gets a phone call about a hostage situation created by Johnny. The book is about discovering their friendship and what drove them apart. More prominently though, it is about race, religion and social displacement in Canadian society.
This book has a lot of very interesting conversations about race, displacement, social issues and religion in Canada that I really liked reading. It was also interesting to see the divergent povs of the two boys.
However, I had a problem with the flowery writing. While it was beautiful, it was hard for me to understand at times and made me disconnect from the story at certain parts. I also didn’t like reading about christianity for a big part of the book. While I understand Joshua became a reverend and the important discussions that came into play with his beliefs and indigenous heritage, that were crucial for the book, I also had a hard time reading about Christianity at length.
A Quality of Light is a beautiful story about Joshua Kane, an adopted Ojibway boy in a Christian home and his friend Johnny, a white boy who really connects and associates with Indigenous cultures and issues. After years of not seeing each other, Joshua gets a phone call about a hostage situation created by Johnny. The book is about discovering their friendship and what drove them apart. More prominently though, it is about race, religion and social displacement in Canadian society.
This book has a lot of very interesting conversations about race, displacement, social issues and religion in Canada that I really liked reading. It was also interesting to see the divergent povs of the two boys.
However, I had a problem with the flowery writing. While it was beautiful, it was hard for me to understand at times and made me disconnect from the story at certain parts. I also didn’t like reading about christianity for a big part of the book. While I understand Joshua became a reverend and the important discussions that came into play with his beliefs and indigenous heritage, that were crucial for the book, I also had a hard time reading about Christianity at length.