A review by more_books_than_days
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

5.0

These stories have a pull to them... an edge that lays somewhere between reality and fantasy making them nearly impossible to put down. Robinson's prose is easy, not lofty or burdened with heavy words, and yet with each chapter she lays depths of characterization, layer on layer. Her characters are complex. There is no one hero, no one villain. They are revealed in histories and motivations, complicating judgment. They are shown to be admirable and despicable, broken and full of strength. Through these characters, and woven through the magic of lore, comes a feeling of truth. Truth about lives lived, houses we pass on our way to the grocery store, men we see standing at the bus stop, women who have gone missing, witnesses speaking testimony to trauma, horns blaring, fists slamming, the ping of a phone, and the howl of wind under the door.