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Mar 27, 2024Sequoia_Staff rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read this book in one of my university classes and it was incredible. The way the author uses the apocalypse as a magnifying glass for the Indigenous relationships to both tribe members and settlers is very telling. This book really gets…
Feb 07, 2024MCC55 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A simple story - easy reading but ultimately disappointing.
Jan 26, 2024Ben Pickles rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Perhaps editor Susan Renouf should consider a change of careers. This is a half-written book that still manages to be full of filler and drivel. Paragraph upon useless paragraph to slog through in desperate search of closure to a…
Jan 24, 2024crimesagainstliterature rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Beautifully written. Scary.
Jan 08, 2024wpl_tara rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Billy Merasty, which I highly recommend!! I found the book a bit slow to start, but the author does a wonderful job setting the place and community the novel takes place in. It was one of those books…
Dec 20, 2023emmapruitt rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I'm so glad that I picked this up (I wasn't intending to initially) because this was literally so good. It's a very kind of slow, creeping kind of post-apocalyptic book that filled me with a sense of deep dread (probably because it made me…
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Dec 15, 2023spudwil rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this as an audiobook and found the narrator's voice and author’s words gave the story a lot of authenticity. The only unrealistic part is the fact that there didn’t seem to be any pregnant women in the community needing to seek…
Dec 03, 2023PetraL rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
An interesting take on the apocalypse from an Indigenous point of view. Reminded me of the classic, The White Dawn by John Huston (1971), which recounts the story of how three stranded whalers in Canada's north get taken into and disrupt…
Nov 25, 2023wyenotgo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
With this book, I have the same issue that I encounter with all dystopian novels, namely that I find it all too depressingly believable. It’s a nightmare I would prefer to avoid. As for Waubgeshig Rice’s underlying message, his belief in…
Nov 22, 2023johnjamison rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Good read ….disturbing …exposer to native culture ….
Nov 03, 2023marybellinger rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Great little story. It really leaves you thinking about "could you survive". What would you do in the same situation? I can't wait to read his next novel!
Oct 23, 2023
“We’re still here, and we’ll still be here even if the power and the radios don’t come back on and we never see any White people ever again.” A beautiful audiobook. The writing and the narration are engaging and relentlessly…
Aug 23, 2023
could be good book club title
May 04, 2023
"For Indigenous people, the world has ended more than once: when settlers' diseases ravaged their tribes, when they were forced off their land, when their children were sent to boarding schools. Can they make it through the collapse of…
Mar 13, 2023mattpohl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Unsettling story about what happens if our connection to the outside world is cut off. If you need constant stimulation or don't like Indigenous people, this book is not for you.
Dec 13, 2022
On the surface, this is a dystopian/post apocalyptic novel but if you look deeper, you'll discover a foundation of Indigenous self-determination, healing of trauma, and a return to traditions, language, and attempts to heal.
Dec 01, 2022MPLStacey rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A perfect novel. The simple immersive prose yields a slow burn of a thriller, rife with important themes such as genocide, trauma, Indigenous culture and experience, resiliency, hope and community. It was both a wonderfully tense thriller…
Nov 08, 2022bsall rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I gave it one star and that was generous . Distopian fanatasy is not my thing but I do appreciate good writing. Unfortunately the author could not flesh out a believable world with developed characters. Had to force myself to finish it in…
Oct 19, 2022posie12 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Food for thought.
Aug 05, 2022uncommonreader rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Good messages about First Nations peoples and why we should listen to them.
Jun 04, 2022Michael Colford rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This slight novel is filled with atmosphere. Far to the north, in a remote Anishinaabe community, winter approaches. When all power and networks suddenly fail, the people of the town find themselves cut off from the rest of the world, and…
Jan 10, 2022asza rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I have mixed feelings about this book. Yes, this is a trope that is seen often: a small community living through tech shutdown. However it was an interesting change in that the people were present day but still new to the tech world due to…
Dec 15, 2021booksmmmm rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book for the way the community came to life in my imagination. So glad it got chosen as a One Burlington read!
Dec 13, 2021WGregTaylor rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A creepy, slow-burn post-apocalyptic thriller set in an indigenous community in Canada's north...definately recommended.
Dec 06, 2021LibraryAardvark rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Is your community strong enough to weather the storms of societal collapse? A timely read.