Reviews

True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change by Jody Wilson-Raybould

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

carliethompsonwriting's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.5

cutsajack's review against another edition

5.0

Woooheee! This is an excellent book!

This one is very informative, and easily accessible and easy to comprehend. I knew about the political indigenous landscape in parts, and Wilson-Raybould does a great job of showing you the vast scope of the components.

Happy Reading, everybody!

justabean_reads's review

4.0

I probably got less out of this than Wilson-Raybould's first book, but that was largely down to this being a familiar topic, so the first two thirds felt like rehashing history/points of view that I already know. However, this is a really solid look at the history of British colonialism, Canada, and Crown-Indigenous relations. If you're looking for a starter book that sets you up with a solid, easily-understood primer on how we got to where we are, and what to do now, this is a good choice. I really liked the two-strand framing of what needs to be done on a macro scale (both immediate relief for things like clean water and housing, and changing the legal framework to allow self determination within Indigenous nations).

I wish the final section about what to do now had been more detailed/specific, as I'm so often stumped on specific actions. However, the guideline for how to decide if an action adds to reconciliation or not was helpful, and I liked a lot of Wilson-Raybould's examples. She's a very approachable writer.

The whole book is much more centrist/small-c conservative than say Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's writing on the same topic, but I thought it added a valuable point of view. 

happyunicorn7's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Colonisation

isabella1018's review against another edition

4.0

Read in preparation for a lecture from the author; very interesting and insightful, left me thinking a lot.

kimuchi's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

isaya's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

tomikorobson's review against another edition

5.0

I read this in audiobook format, narrated by the author. It is an excellent read.

aritany's review against another edition

5.0

Packed with incredible testimonials and the side of Canadian history that many of us missed in classrooms, this book was a brilliantly educational and moving work. An essential read.