A review by sal_the_cat
Mr. Parnassus' Heim für magisch Begabte by TJ Klune

adventurous lighthearted

1.0

i originally really liked the book and especially the queer representation but then i heard very valid criticism about the orphanages resembelling the residental schools that kept indigious canadian children away from their parents, punished them for celebrating their culture and were responsible for killing a lot of indigious children. this cultural genecide was followed by the "sixties scoop" where indigious children were taken from their families and got adopted by white people to further remove them from their culture. the author actually even admitted to using this as his inspiration for the book. i can't understand how somebody (who is white) can learn about that and then decide to write a cozy found family book about it. this just seemy really tone deaf and i don't feel like the book works well as a way to teach about the event. linus as the normal white guy fixing the problems with the town also adds a white saviour layer to it all.
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