![luce [is reading]](https://wishfullyreading.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/9429655-1.jpeg){kind=small}
-
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Gut-wrenching and haunting Indian Horse depicts the horrific realities of residential schools, as well as racism and discrimination in 1960s Ontario. This is the third novel that I’ve read by Richard Wagamese and, while Medicine Walk and Ragged Company were no walks in the parks, Indian Horse’s unsparing bleakness and distressing content make those two…
1960s, 1st pov, 20th century, 4 STARS, abuse, addiction, Adult, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, canada, canadian author, conversational style, DEPRESSION, distressing reads, favourite authors, GRIEF, HISTORICAL FICTION, hockey, indigenous, indigenous author, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, male authors, My reviews, native american & first nation, Native American & First Nation authors, nuns, Ojibwe/Chippewa, Ojibwe/Chippewa author, Pedophelia, published in 2012, RACE, read in 2021, reading, rural setting, social issues, sports, trauma -
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
“We were fixed to one another, like parts of some strange, asymmetrical body: Frances was the mouth; Mary Lucille, the heart; Therese, the legs. And I, Agatha, was the eyes.” Agatha of Little Neon is a gem of a novel. Claire Luchette’s prose is a delight to read, its deceptive simplicity bringing to mind authors…
1st pov, 2000s, 4.25 stars, addiction, Adult, Agatha of Little Neon, all girls school, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, arc, beautiful prose, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, catholicism, Christianity, Claire Luchette, Contemporary, female authors, friendships, identity, introspective, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Longing, My reviews, netgalley, new york state, nuns, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, reading, Religion, restrained prose, rhode island, suicide, teachers -
Frost In May by Antonia White — book review
“Do you know that no character is any good in this world unless that will has been broken completely? Broken and re-set in God’s own way. I don’t think your will has been quite broken, my dear child, do you?” After converting to Catholicism, nine year old Nanda Gray is sent by her father to…
1910s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, academia, all girls school, Antonia White, beautiful prose, boarding/private school, British author, british classics, catholicism, CHILDHOOD, CLASSICS, coming of age, convent, england, female authors, female friendships, friendships, Frost in May, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, LITERARY FICTION, nuns, published in 1933, read in 2020, Religion -
Dolores by Lauren Aimee Curtis – book review
I guess that I’m but a fickle creature: I saw and fell for the cover of this novella (the neon colours, the pose of the model, the simple font…I was a goner). Sadly the actual inside of Dolores has little in common with its fantastic cover design. Written in a prose that manages to be…
luce [is reading] 