Robinson punctuates the action with tiny chapters that, in a more conventional fantasy novel, would offer background on the story’s mythology. By the time Robinson throws cannibalistic river otters at you, nothing prevents them from being both utterly terrifying and extremely funny at the same time. Robinson skillfully blends wacky, over-the-top characters that would be at home in an edgy sitcom with a supernatural horror plot that draws on indigenous beliefs. His life is so crazy that when a raven starts talking to him, Jared barely has the mental space to worry about it. He keeps himself drunk or stoned just to maintain some level of calm. His parents are separated and strung out, and his mom is downright dangerous (an odd mix of neglectful and overly protective). The first book of a trilogy, Eden Robinson’s Son of a Trickster focuses on the tumultuous everyday life of Jared, a sixteen-year-old struggling to survive his family.
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