![]() ![]() ![]() This past week, a mass grave containing the remains of 215 children was discovered outside a former residential school in Kamloops BC. ![]() I do take issue with the author linking his text with a real cultural genocide whose effects are still felt today, especially because in The House in the Cerulean Sea, a cultural genocide plot is spun into a feel-good fantasy about love conquering all. I take no issue with using real historical events as inspiration for a fantasy retelling, in which the resulting story is conceptually removed from that history. Why? Because I found out, as of this morning, that author TJ Klune used the history of Canada’s residential schools, and in particular, a cultural genocide tactic called “the 60s scoop” as inspiration for his book’s plot, in which magical children are abducted and placed in a state-run orphanage. The House in the Cerulean Sea has been vaguely on my TBR forever. TW for discussions of genocide against indigenous people, including mentions of death, rape and abuse. Warning, there's going to be some really tough stuff ahead. ![]()
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