A review by 1morepaige
The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
1.0
God this book bummed me out.
Y’all, this thing could have used some sensitivity readers. I know no one likes to talk about cultural appropriation but this actually is that and I wish I hand known before I started.
And the thing that bums me out is that other than the gross misunderstanding and misuse of a lot of indigenous peoples’ struggles and culture, it was a beautiful book.
This gorgeous, heart-wrenching, mind-bender of a story would have been amazing if it didn’t rely so heavily on things that Are Not Ours to take out of context and bend to whatever whim.
So, I’m just bummed. The author is a good writer. I really felt for a lot of the characters in this book and it captures a lot of really relatable feelings perfectly...but I can’t in good conscience recommend this book to anyone because of how massive and obvious the cultural appropriation of indigenous stories is and for how negatively stereotyped all the unnamed indigenous people are in the book.
That shit really sucks and I’m not here for it.
So that’s all I have to say about that I guess.
Y’all, this thing could have used some sensitivity readers. I know no one likes to talk about cultural appropriation but this actually is that and I wish I hand known before I started.
And the thing that bums me out is that other than the gross misunderstanding and misuse of a lot of indigenous peoples’ struggles and culture, it was a beautiful book.
This gorgeous, heart-wrenching, mind-bender of a story would have been amazing if it didn’t rely so heavily on things that Are Not Ours to take out of context and bend to whatever whim.
So, I’m just bummed. The author is a good writer. I really felt for a lot of the characters in this book and it captures a lot of really relatable feelings perfectly...but I can’t in good conscience recommend this book to anyone because of how massive and obvious the cultural appropriation of indigenous stories is and for how negatively stereotyped all the unnamed indigenous people are in the book.
That shit really sucks and I’m not here for it.
So that’s all I have to say about that I guess.