The Marrow Thieves

Clever and well paced, would be a 6 stars if it was possible!

As a fan of the zombie genre, I enjoyed this a lot, because it reminded me of that kind of survival/end of the world narrative that is comfortably familiar, which I thought was a clever way to bring a story about residential schools to an audience that may have otherwise never encountered it.

Pacing was another aspect of this novel that was outstanding to me. The events and emotional moments are placed with a mastery that made them most effective.

Will I come back to read the next instalment? Yes, and I can't wait, this was my first encounter with Dimaline's work and it won't be the last because if her work is always that good I've just found another one of these literary voices I just can't get enough of.