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The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

31 reviews

laurasullivan's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Slavery, and Racism

sian's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Medical content, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Cursing, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Racism, Medical content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

emory's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Some of the most completely fleshed out and realistic characters in anything I've read in recent memory. Beautiful writing and wonderful plot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Addiction, Abandonment, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, and Police brutality

awebofstories's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Hate crime

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Drug use

unboxedjack's review

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

kkbray's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Confinement, Alcoholism, Racism, Death, and Cultural appropriation

stampest's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Addiction

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, and Forced institutionalization

ahh_listen's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Sentence is a ghost story, although it is as comforting as it is haunting.  It’s an intimate picture of bookselling, and of bookselling during a pandemic and social justice reckoning, set in Erdrich’s own store in Minneapolis.  Its heroine, queer Indigenous ex-con Tookie, is so alive she leaps right off the page—gritty, passionate, and human.  Louise Erdrich is a natural storyteller and fabulous narrator—warm and sincere, with perfect timing.  This is a book about connection in every way possible.  It’s funny and enraging and heartwarming all at once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, and Racism

Minor: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, and Suicide attempt