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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
4.0

TW: sexual assault, residential school, trauma

Like every one else, I really enjoyed this book. It was extremely powerful and horrible, but I liked that the end felt hopeful, despite the world the characters continue to live in.
The only reason I had to knock off a star was that the writing wasn't really my favourite. It did a lot of dragging along for a novel that thrives on story-telling and Indigenous culture. There was also quite a few fat-phobic remarks that made me uncomfortable and were totally unnecessary.