I wanted to love this book. It isn't often an indigenious woman gets a voice and there was so much buzz about it that I couldn't wait to read it. Then as I read it, I couldn't wait to finish it. There were incredible moments, glimpses of brilliance but the lack of cohesion throughout the book just ruined it for me. I often felt like I didn't know what was going on with all the jumping between past and present. I read in another review that Mailhot shifted five times in one page between past and present.
Maybe I don't like essays, maybe I just didn't get this author's style but I just didn't like this book. Even the FAQ's at the end didn't do it for me. The questions were so long, it seemed they rambled and I couldn't keep track of what the interviewer was asking let alone the answers.
This book just wasn't for me and I had such high hopes.