A review by leonorekoki
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

  • Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I can’t get over the racist depiction of the book’s single  indigenous character. There are other things the author did well but this character is so central to the narrative,  and the author’s depiction so hard to stomach that I couldn’t in good conscience recommend this book to anyone, not when there are so many books to read. It saddens me that the only review I could find that reflects this was from a Native reader. You don’t need to be indigenous to recognize how flat, simplistic,  animalistic and problematic the author’s portrayal of Auntie is, and how poorly it serves the story.  
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