This is a difficult novel to rate given how vulnerable and engrossing the subject matter and narration is. It's a very heavy and intimate book that doesn't hold back, which is usually something that appeals to me, but the balance just didn't feel right for me. The exploration of grief is what I was most looking forward to and what I feel was skirted around (although I very much enjoyed the ending of the book). My main frustrations towards this book are that some sections were written as if for shock value and felt like a direct challenge posed to the reader.

I recommend this book if you're interested in a fictional depiction of growing up and being two-spirit and don't mind a first person narrator that doesn't hold back.