Reading Journal 2024: The Future
Author: Catherine Leroux
I got a bit of whiplash from this one. Starts off simple enough, focused on a singular character, small in scope, and seemingly full of potential. And then it takes an odd shift into a Lord of the Flies kind of premise, with the scope and fhs cast beginning to spiral a bit of control.
And then we get yet another shift in the back half that has even more scope and more characters. It was all just too much.
The potential themes are there from the start. It has an interest in exploring a marginalized people and community with clear emphasis on survival, the nature and defintion of community, and larger discussions about colonization. The french aspect is interesting, especially where it is the reflection of a Canadian author reconstructing a borderland between Canada and the USA. The execution simply isn’t there, leaving me feeling lost and disjointed even before the halfway point.
The Stories of my Life 