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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It started pretty strong, but became pretty repetitive and very predictable. I fully enjoyed the stories, anecdotes, but found I knew what the end result was going to be well before we got there. It is a difficult task for a book like this that constantly is breaking and writing short bits to give you the full satisfaction of a novel. I enjoyed thinking and imagination of the author and I found overall the story to be predictable. It was not a favorite, i just found it ok. Glad I read it, you should too.(less) I will also offer it took a very long time to complete this book - you never fully become engrossed in the story because they are short and changing.
Very very slow hard start for me. But about 30% in it became more interesting. I have very mixed feelings about a lot of it. I'm honestly not sure how I want to rate it. But I guess I can say it's good in that I do have a lot of various thoughts- and books should make you think a bit.
I really enjoyed reading the intimate details of life with the Native Americans during the 1800s. This book kept me interested until the very end.
This is a book based on a kernel of historical fact: In 1854 a Cheyenne chief asked President Grant to give the tribe 1,000 white women to wed his braves in exchange for 1,000 horses with the thought that these white brides would bear children that would be more easily assimilated into the white man's world. In reality, Grant rejected the proposal, but in this book, the brides (or at least some of them) are delivered.
The story takes place in 1874 and is told through the fictional journals of May Dodd, one of the original brides. While the story provides some fascinating peeks into Native American culture, much of the writing didn't ring true to me. May's words and views aren't believable - I couldn't forget that the author was actually a modern man. I also found the book laden with stereotypes.
However, if you can get past all of that and just get lost in the story, it's a quick and fairly interesting read.
The story takes place in 1874 and is told through the fictional journals of May Dodd, one of the original brides. While the story provides some fascinating peeks into Native American culture, much of the writing didn't ring true to me. May's words and views aren't believable - I couldn't forget that the author was actually a modern man. I also found the book laden with stereotypes.
However, if you can get past all of that and just get lost in the story, it's a quick and fairly interesting read.
I started out listening to the audiobook version and I was immediately drawn in to the fascinating premise: a Native American chief asking the U.S. President to supply his tribe with 1000 white women that they could breed with and thereby assimilate into the dominant white culture.
The first two discs or so were great -- I liked the reader, and I was captivated by the women and the reasons they would choose to join this most unusual venture. But then things started going downhill for me: at times I felt it strayed into romance novel territory, neglecting the aspects of the story I found most compelling.
I returned the audiobook to the library and read the last half or so of the book. It was fine, I finished it, but ultimately I found myself comparing it to Ride the Wind (much to the detriment of 1000 White Women). Ride the Wind is apparently only available in an ugly trade paperback format, but if you want to read a truly good book about a white woman living with a Native American tribe, that's the one I'd recommend.
The first two discs or so were great -- I liked the reader, and I was captivated by the women and the reasons they would choose to join this most unusual venture. But then things started going downhill for me: at times I felt it strayed into romance novel territory, neglecting the aspects of the story I found most compelling.
I returned the audiobook to the library and read the last half or so of the book. It was fine, I finished it, but ultimately I found myself comparing it to Ride the Wind (much to the detriment of 1000 White Women). Ride the Wind is apparently only available in an ugly trade paperback format, but if you want to read a truly good book about a white woman living with a Native American tribe, that's the one I'd recommend.
adventurous
emotional
informative
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:
No
Stunning account and historical fiction story of life in the late 1800’s at the intersection of wealthy white culture, indigenous culture, women’s “place” and the Wild West!!! I highly recommend this book and the audio version was incredible as the reader switched easily from the Irish accents of the Kelly twins, to the language of the indigenous/native Americans, to the others represented in this account of life and death from Chicago to the Wild West in the late 1800’s. As so many writers through time have told us that under the most unusual of circumstances, life finds a way; this story is no different.
**edited review once I realized it was historical fiction, not a true story. Still a great book!
**edited review once I realized it was historical fiction, not a true story. Still a great book!
I think I like the idea of the book and the ideas it made me ponder more than the actual book. I had a hard time with the heroine's altruistic attitude and her modern, feminist, forward thinking position on life in the time period the book is set in. She seemed to have a "I'm better than you, because I'm move evolved," sometimes it felt like she was a time traveler from present day put into the situation, because of her very progressive lifestyle, not common in 1890s.