A review by mattcheu
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
5.0
I loved this book so much and can’t recommend it more. This story does an amazing job of balancing social issues, personal drama, and humor. You follow Junior through his struggles with school, friends, family, society, and personal identify. As Junior leaves his school to pursue more opportunity he struggles with his community on the reservation and his sense of belonging.
The author does an amazing job of providing an authentic emotional portrait of a person. Even though Junior is young he is presented through the perspective of an adult. Many times I read a book from the perspective of a younger character and there is no self awareness because of the immaturity of the character but this wasn’t the case with Junior. Though Junior has so much room to grow as a person he understands that his actions have consequences and that we make choices that may not be correct but we do them because that is what we know. It is great to read about such a real character who isn’t perfect and who makes mistakes but grows so much as the story progresses.
Through this book Junior is up against so many odds but through his determination and strengths he is able overcome the social pressures, the family issues, the broken friendships, the racism, and the pain of loss. Junior is a character someone of any age can learn from and this is a book I think everyone should read.
The author does an amazing job of providing an authentic emotional portrait of a person. Even though Junior is young he is presented through the perspective of an adult. Many times I read a book from the perspective of a younger character and there is no self awareness because of the immaturity of the character but this wasn’t the case with Junior. Though Junior has so much room to grow as a person he understands that his actions have consequences and that we make choices that may not be correct but we do them because that is what we know. It is great to read about such a real character who isn’t perfect and who makes mistakes but grows so much as the story progresses.
Through this book Junior is up against so many odds but through his determination and strengths he is able overcome the social pressures, the family issues, the broken friendships, the racism, and the pain of loss. Junior is a character someone of any age can learn from and this is a book I think everyone should read.