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christinesreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse
juliemanning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Mass/school shootings
wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence
katelynprice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Abandonment
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Abortion
calamitywindpetal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
kimschouwenaar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Secrets lie through omission just like shame lies through secrecy.
This took me so long to actually get into. Started reading this for my world lit class last May, and kind of forgot about it until I saw it again in my currently reading list.
This book is written from multiple perspectives and in first-person, second-person and third-person narrative. I think the main problem I had when I started reading is the amount of characters; each chapter is from the perspective of a different character, and in the final 25 chapters — which are all very short — they all come together at the powwow.
But those final 25 chapters had me crying. Reading the book, you know what's coming, and yet you remain hopeful that there will be some kind of interference so the ending will change. It's absolutely heartbreaking. There There is not only a story about Native American history, but it's also a tale about surviving in a system that is built against you. Would definitely recommend to everyone, you just need to get through the first couple of chapters and familiarise yourself with all the characters. Hard to digest, but definitely worth your time.
We didn't have last names before they came. When they decided they needed to keep track of us, last names were given to us, just like the name Indian itself was given to us.
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Violence
riverrliam's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Rape
thisameliagirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
felofhe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
crescent_moon22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book follows 12 characters and their life journeys. They drive the plot by eventually meeting up at the big pow pow in Oakland, CA. It describes the struggles of modern day Indians after centuries of oppression. Orange has a beautiful writing style and can easily code switch between the characters.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Blood, and Abortion