Oh man. I would love to read a book about two-spirit Algonquin people in the 17th century that was not this book. It's about an Algonquin/French couple during the fur-trading era of Quebec history and their lesbian daughter, and the queer tragedy bingo that results. I guess it was based on a historical event, and the writing was technically fine (though in trying very hard not to be offensive, a lot of the language felt quite modern), but I just don't have time for something this unrelentingly grim. I'm on board with the idea that New France was super racist and the Jesuits didn't improve basically anything they found, fine. Even given that, this felt very didactic, and focused on queer and female suffering (though a couple random gay guys get offed along the way, to make sure we got the point). A lot of the daily life on the seigneuries was well-researched and vividly written, and the author clearly did the work, and the narrators were great, but to what end?

I'm also being really lazy about research, so please correct me if I'm off the mark here, but is this a book about two-spirit suffering written by a straight white woman? I_GUESS.jpg.