The hands on, gritty, on the ground, grueling experiences of survival is evident in every character, not just with Frenchie, the protagonist of the story. The precious commodity gave me an impression of analogies that can be associated similarly to elephants killed for their ivory tusks, or rhinoceroses hunted for their horns. In this case, one’s heritage and identity is double edged sword of something that one can be proud of, and something that you are hunted for. There are no fancy techno gadgets described in an elaborate manner, no comprehensive explanation on how the bone marrow extracted from indigenous people gets transformed into medication that enables the rest of the population to dream again, but as you read the chapters, you can feel deeply how this alleged ‘miracle cure’ has disrupted the lives of a particular group of people, and a fierce fight for survival has emerged. It feels like the settings can be something that can happen in the foreseeable future. My limited exposure to media and fiction work that has a post-apocalyptic setting, made me captivated when reading this book. Because this is just as riveting and compelling for me. This is great book! I learned from our recent book club selections that I get emotionally intense when reading fiction books, and I have to stop reading them before bedtime. I got the book, and managed to read it just in time for the rescheduled book club meeting. I’m so relieved that the book club meeting was pushed back by a few weeks. I’m super cheap and refused to buy any books, so I was waiting to get the e-book access from our local library and I was on hold. I’m so happy that our book club is still going strong despite the current changes of having to work from home.Īlso I’m sorry that I first slacked off with one of the books, this one, we were supposed to read for the book club. This is a thank you note, and a book review for one of the books we read, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. My workplace has a book club that continues to be active even while working from home most days.

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