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A review by pharmadelica
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
I read this because I thought it had "Toughest Indian in the World" in it, which is an incredible story. It did not. That story was in another collection from Alexie called, you guessed it, "The Toughest Indian in the World." Oh well.
This was good, but I'm still interested to read the other collection. A lot of the stories kind of blended together here, and I think it might have something to do with Alexie taking the "multiple stories about the same setting and group of characters" approach. I was also extremely busy and not as committed as I should have been while I made my way through this, so there's a chance I could have connected more under different circumstances.
Lone Ranger & Tonto does hit some high points, though, and about 25-30% of the stories are very much worth reading. Toughest Indian in the World could be that way too. I don't know. Maybe Alexie is a "curated New Yorker podcast reading" type author.
This was good, but I'm still interested to read the other collection. A lot of the stories kind of blended together here, and I think it might have something to do with Alexie taking the "multiple stories about the same setting and group of characters" approach. I was also extremely busy and not as committed as I should have been while I made my way through this, so there's a chance I could have connected more under different circumstances.
Lone Ranger & Tonto does hit some high points, though, and about 25-30% of the stories are very much worth reading. Toughest Indian in the World could be that way too. I don't know. Maybe Alexie is a "curated New Yorker podcast reading" type author.