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A review by aotora
The Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
5.0
I rarely enjoy a sequel as much as I enjoy the first book - this one was just as good if not better than the first one.
It's more intense - for one, two characters we've grown to love in the first book die- one being Tommy the WWI doctor and the other being Boone's horse. I do wish that the author dove deeper into Omri dealing with grief though. He is distressed to learn that Tommy died and he is upset that his cat accidentally killed Boone's horse, but then it's just never mentioned again aside from them having a funeral for a horse, the scene being sombre and sad but then it goes back to action pretty fast.
Patric calls Indians dumb savages at one point - or at least something along those lines - I love that Omri corrects him and educates him but I also love that this book shows how much changing the history can actually do.
Yes Native Americans/Indians aren't dumb by any means in this book. But Omri and Patrick think that they can solve a war by giving them modern weapons making them stronger than opponent and easily winning - not accounting for the fact that they've been barely trained and that they don't understand how far the bullets go, so they essentially end up shooting each other instead of the enemy.
I also loved that little speech Little Bear gave at the end and the fact that he has a son now. And I loved their fight against the intruders. It was creative, it was interesting and it was so much fun to read about.
It's a great book and a great sequel with a lot of good lessons.
It's more intense - for one, two characters we've grown to love in the first book die- one being Tommy the WWI doctor and the other being Boone's horse. I do wish that the author dove deeper into Omri dealing with grief though. He is distressed to learn that Tommy died and he is upset that his cat accidentally killed Boone's horse, but then it's just never mentioned again aside from them having a funeral for a horse, the scene being sombre and sad but then it goes back to action pretty fast.
Patric calls Indians dumb savages at one point - or at least something along those lines - I love that Omri corrects him and educates him but I also love that this book shows how much changing the history can actually do.
Yes Native Americans/Indians aren't dumb by any means in this book. But Omri and Patrick think that they can solve a war by giving them modern weapons making them stronger than opponent and easily winning - not accounting for the fact that they've been barely trained and that they don't understand how far the bullets go, so they essentially end up shooting each other instead of the enemy.
I also loved that little speech Little Bear gave at the end and the fact that he has a son now. And I loved their fight against the intruders. It was creative, it was interesting and it was so much fun to read about.
It's a great book and a great sequel with a lot of good lessons.