sjksjksjk's review against another edition
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
mbondlamberty's review against another edition
4.0
This book did not take me that long to read, I just stopped reading it for several years. The beginning of the book is a hard read given the topic.
Then it gets better and bearable to deal with that pain.
The end is much more enjoyable and makes the book worthwhile but the beginning is hard going, again not by the way it is written but the topic.
Then it gets better and bearable to deal with that pain.
The end is much more enjoyable and makes the book worthwhile but the beginning is hard going, again not by the way it is written but the topic.
k5tog's review against another edition
4.0
Listening to Louise Erdrich read her novel LaRose was wonderful. She knows her characters and infuses her reading with their feelings and their personalities.
This is not an easy tale, but it is captivating and compelling, exploring a number of issues from the Native American experience in the US - alcoholism and addiction, boarding schools to assimilate children in the mid-1900s, the survival of traditions - while touching on other pertinent societal aspects - PTSD, Catholicism and the priesthood, the abandonment of children, how family is defined and understood.
This is not an easy tale, but it is captivating and compelling, exploring a number of issues from the Native American experience in the US - alcoholism and addiction, boarding schools to assimilate children in the mid-1900s, the survival of traditions - while touching on other pertinent societal aspects - PTSD, Catholicism and the priesthood, the abandonment of children, how family is defined and understood.
lisamf's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
aiddvo's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
bookish_calirican's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
hrector's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
loghugger's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
margothere's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75