
Son of a Trickster
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Narrateur(s):
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Jason Ryll
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Auteur(s):
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Eden Robinson
À propos de cet audio
With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the Giller-shortlisted author of the classic Monkey Beach and winner of the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award, blends humor with heartbreak in this compelling coming-of-age novel. Everyday teen existence meets indigenous beliefs, crazy family dynamics, and cannibalistic river otter.... The exciting first novel in her Trickster trilogy.
Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby) - and now she's dead.
Jared can't count on his mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. He can't rely on his dad to pay the bills and support his new wife and step-daughter. Jared is only 16 but feels like he is the one who must stabilize his family's life, even look out for his elderly neighbors. But he struggles to keep everything afloat...and sometimes he blacks out. And he puzzles over why his maternal grandmother has never liked him, why she says he's the son of a trickster, that he isn't human. Mind you, ravens speak to him - even when he's not stoned.
You think you know Jared, but you don't.
©2017 Eden Robinson (P)2017 Audible, Inc.Related Collections
My only criticism is that the supernatural storyline felt rushed and slightly neglected.
a coming of age protagonist to love
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Jason Ryll had limited range in voicing the many characters in the story.
A Strange Mix of General Fiction and Fantasy
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Son of a Trickster is a gift
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Son of a Trickster holds you for every page
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Great story
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It was objectively good, but at the same time, me reading it felt almost exploitative? I'm not a huge fan of misery lit, and this felt like a highbrow/intellectual example of that genre. But with magical elements. (Which were very much secondary to the theme of generational trauma, substance abuse and sobriety.) Like, as a white person, it felt voyeuristic or something reading about the little tragedies that make up the heroes life.
I'm probably overthinking it.
The protagonist is likable- you want him to succeed in his endeavors. The secondary characters are believable. I love George. The writing is great, the plotting was tight, it was a good book.
good
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Excellent story a must listen or must read.
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Everytime I read this I pick up on something new that I hadn't seen before, and I love the Mythology from this Indigenous author. Please read this book.
A Favourite
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Wonderful Book
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I would however give kudos to the author for bringing First Nations story and insights out of Northern BC. Narration was good, I felt visuals many many times
Could not enjoy.
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