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825 reviews for:

Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko

3.81 AVERAGE

dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i really really want to like silko’s writing but it just isn’t for me
challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Strong character development: Yes
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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

This book is so phenomenally rich in story that I feel as though I could read it a dozen times and still discover brilliance I had missed before. All I can say is--I'm undone.

6.5/10

Tayo served in WWII with his brother. Only he came back. Now, back at home after being trapped in a mental hospital for his PTSD, he is surrounded by people who spurn the “Old Ways” and just want to reminisce about the war.

Read if you want to analyze stuff.
emotional medium-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: Complicated