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wolfsonarchitect's review
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The novel’s structure of different chapters focusing on different people who affect Ruby’s life doesn’t work. It’s a jumble of out of sequence time periods. It’s so fragmentary it was a struggle to read.
ericagudino's review
4.0
really beautiful story and love how all the characters were woven together. Maybe would have liked a breakdown of each character and their specific relation to Ruby since there are a lot of names to keep track of but did not hinder the storyline or arch whatsoever
happyunicorn7's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Addiction
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Body shaming
Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts
laklaw19's review
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
babeygrape's review
4.0
balancing the humor of ruby alongside her anger, lisa bird-wilson gives us the puzzle pieces in this book to slowly piece together ruby’s life. you join ruby in trying to assemble the picture of her, her heritage, her lovers, and her families. a beautiful story, equal parts funny and heart rending at times. (read for my book club!)
n_heraty's review
emotional
sad
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
laceej88's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- 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
4.5
jourdanicus's review
reflective
medium-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
I think this book deserves a higher rating than I can give it for my own experience of it... I struggled with the vignette/non linear timeline format. The difficulty with that was balanced out by the internal narrative style. I love getting lost in a main character's head. Ruby feels like a real person to me now. I want better for her and I am left wishing I, personally, could undo the harms of colonizer institutionalization and displacement of Native people. If all that never happened, what stories could the Rubys of the world tell?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Car accident
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Colonisation
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Racism, Medical content, Death, and Death of parent
asdawson's review
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5