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Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
“People were like that, though. Basically good until they thought they could get away with shit without being caught.” A one-sentence summary for Son of a Trickster could go something like this: slacker boy spends his days getting drunk, high, and/or puking. “The world is hard, his mom liked to say. You have to be…
2010s, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, abuse, addiction, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, british columbia, canada, canadian author, Contemporary, Eden Robinson, family, FANTASY, female authors, haisla author, HIGH SCHOOL, indigenous, indigenous author, Kitimat, MAGIC, MAGICAL REALISM, mothers & sons, My reviews, native american & first nation, Native American & First Nation authors, Poverty, PUBLISHED IN 2017, read in 2021, reading, toxic relationships, trickster #1, URBAN FANTASY -
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
“Names have power. This is the fundamental principle of magic everywhere. Call out the name of a supernatural being, and you will have its instant and undivided attention in the same way that your lost toddler will have yours the second it calls your name.” First published in 2000 Monkey Beach is a deeply evocative…
1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 1st pov, 4 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, addiction, affairs, bildungsroman, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, british columbia, canada, canadian author, CHILDHOOD, coming of age, DEATH, Eden Robinson, family, female authors, ghosts/spirits, girlhood, GRIEF, growing up, haisla, haisla author, identity, indigenous, indigenous author, introspective, MAGICAL REALISM, MEMORY, monkey beach, My reviews, native american & first nation, Native American & First Nation authors, place as character, published in 2000, rape, re-reads, read in 2021, read in 2022, reading, rural setting, sea, sexual assault/abuse/rape, siblings, social issues, YOUNG ADULT
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