I found
this review by National Post to be very
well written. The author of this review did a very good job at touching on
topics of the book and relating that to the world outside of the book. For example
the author talks about Canada's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission and it's studies on the impact of residential
schools. Another reason I enjoyed this review was because the author took the
already existing themes of the book and analysed them in a way that made them
easier to understand. An example of this is when the author explained the way
Richard Wagamese incorporated a lot of "native ritual's and spirituality"
into the book demonstrated largely by the language they used. Not only were the themes easier to understand
but the author summed up events very clearly as well like when the author says;
"Saul chronicles his life story as a means of identifying the source of
his addiction." Not only did I like that it was clear but I felt that it
answered Jordan's fifth question in the theme section of our blog very well.
Additionally I liked the way the author wasn't limited in just talking about
the novel and expanded into giving a bit of a background information on Richard
Wagamese such as his date of birth (1955) and some of his earlier novels. Overall
I totally agree with the author of this review and feel that even after reading
the book this review still cleared things up very well for me.
http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/book-review-indian-horse-by-richard-wagamese
- Sierra
