The Berry Pickers
Ratings20
Average rating4.1
It's so sad the life Naomi had to lead hidden away from the world when she was young. Finally when the truth comes out and she finds out she's been lied to for all those years! I was hoping Ben would catch up to her at the protest!
This was a 3 star read for me not because it was badly written or anything like it. The writing was good and (honestly) for a story without much substance it carried on well.
But this book should not be called mystery or mystery thriller because anyone with a brain and even an ounce of critical thinking would have figured out where Ruthie went and who Norma is by the 2nd chapter.
I have to say I was a bit put off by the book because of this... I expected a mystery, a real cold case that is 50 years old, something that will speak to how badly the Natives were treated by the Americans and Canadians but nope, nothing like it, not really. Everything was very surface level.
It did give me the feels and I was emotionally afflicted for a while but
A story about a girl kidnapped from her Native American family and raised by white parents, as well as the anguish of her family she leaves behind.
It's a pretty compelling plot line although I didn't find myself super awed after finishing it, hence the 4 stars.