Josh's Reviews > The Orenda

(4.5)"We hurt one another because we've been hurt," she whispers. "We kill one another because we have been killed. We will continue to eat one another until one of us is completely consumed."

War. History has shown that war has been in play moreso than not; people have always conquered one another by force, assimilation, disease or a combination of all three. Frankly, we as humans, get along just as well as two betta fish in the same tank.

Brutality and Torture. Are these concepts relative to where we grow up? To the era we live in? Where we grow up and what era we live in? I believe so and this book opens my eyes to a history that I had only skimmed the surface of in my studies as a child.

A story of revenge turns into one of strength of a people, disregarding the fragility of life and living as one. It's about conversion of faith from the Old World and the anger it causes amongst the Haudenosaunee, condemning said people to an eternal darkness for which they cannot fathom, yet accept because they are the Huron, the Wyondot, the Wendat people.

Recommended.

Edit 05/04/2016: When you look at the cover of a book and are reminded of how strong a book was to you when you first read it and also made you interested in learning more about the history that was involved in the writing of it is quite the special thing.