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evangelinew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Infidelity, Alcohol, Addiction, and Colonisation
Moderate: War, Cursing, Gun violence, Classism, Car accident, and Murder
Minor: Dementia
ameliasbooks'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? It's complicated
4.5
This one is challenging too, but I loved it. The writing is lush and the characters (as always with Erdrich) are very interesting and well drawn. I struggled a bit with keeping up with the different families or to memorize each others kinship in my head. There's a family tree added to the book, but I still found it challenging.
Also the way the book is structured didn't make it easier to follow everyone's relationship with each other or to which generation they belong.
Of course some of the metaphors and scenes went over my head, because as a white person, I can't get all of the references, rituals and approaches right, but it's completely unimportant that I am able to do so.
Still I thoroughly enjoyed these scenes and this is definitely a book to reread and to highlight a lot of sentences and passages.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Car accident, and War
internationalreads'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Classism, and Colonisation
cleome37i's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Death
scatteredsleep'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Abandonment
ktrecs's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, and Suicide attempt