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vireoeo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder
bookishcori's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Set on the Flathead Indian Reservation in the 1940s, Louise White Elk is a young, free-spirited woman trying to find her way in a community filled with racism and poverty and harmful expectations for her life & body.
What a visceral reading experience 😳. I agree with Sasha’s (@anishinaabekwereads) correlation to Erdrich’s way of pulling you into a story with the prose. I was fully in from the beginning. The tension and uncertainty made it read as a thriller does.
However, this is not an easy read. With an abundance of content warnings, it’s a book that has become known for portraying the rampant violence against Indigenous women.
Again with Sasha, I feel ways about the very end [aka I did not like it]. But I’m ever grateful that Milkweed published this reissued edition and the overarching story is one that has burrowed its way into my heart [i’m going to pretend the last page doesn’t exist]
What a visceral reading experience 😳. I agree with Sasha’s (@anishinaabekwereads) correlation to Erdrich’s way of pulling you into a story with the prose. I was fully in from the beginning. The tension and uncertainty made it read as a thriller does.
However, this is not an easy read. With an abundance of content warnings, it’s a book that has become known for portraying the rampant violence against Indigenous women.
Again with Sasha, I feel ways about the very end [aka I did not like it]. But I’m ever grateful that Milkweed published this reissued edition and the overarching story is one that has burrowed its way into my heart [i’m going to pretend the last page doesn’t exist]
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation