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The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Filled with racist tropes about Indigenous people. The author made the antagonist an Anishanabee man, and she appropriated, misused, and abused Anishanabee legends and language to define said antagonist and his twisted motivations. The antagonist would describe his lifestyle (aka kidnapping a girl for a wife, horribly abusing her and their child, torturing people, animal abuse, etc) as the "Indian way", and there was nothing in the narrative to counter these blatant lies and stereotypes the author wrote. 
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