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linddykal's review against another edition
3.0
If you've never read a Sherman Alexie, don't start with this one. Flight, The True Story of a Part Time Indian, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven are minor works of genius in my opinion.
This is not. But don't get me wrong. It ain't bad. It's a collection of short stories and poetry, mostly dealing with the disappointments that fathers inevitably leave with their children. They aren't necessary bad, violent, or evil men, but most fathers in some way disappoint their sons.
This is not. But don't get me wrong. It ain't bad. It's a collection of short stories and poetry, mostly dealing with the disappointments that fathers inevitably leave with their children. They aren't necessary bad, violent, or evil men, but most fathers in some way disappoint their sons.
juliaogden's review against another edition
4.0
So well written. I wouldn't recommend it to kids, but it's a great adult read. Man angst, as my friend Terri put it. I like the multi-genre approach: some dialogue, some poems, some short stories.
iriswindmeijer's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't have the time to finish this book for university when I needed to, but I did pick it up to finish it anyway. I really liked it, the mix of short stories and poetry are still a whole and the narrative is very interesting and engaging.
kristycreads's review against another edition
4.0
Great title for the stories told. This was okay and as usual great to listen to the author read. It is not the best thing I have read from Sherman Alexie but still I enjoyed the mesh of stories and poetry and overall found this enjoyable.
bookworm_gg's review against another edition
4.0
A collection of short stories and poems that did not disappoint. Sherman is my best discovery of the year. I'm not sure why I haven't read his work before.
adrienneraniszewski's review against another edition
3.0
There will be more Sherman Alexie in my future.
< my choice for #9 on Book Riot's 2015 Read Harder Challenge: a book by or about a person from an indigenous culture >
< my choice for #9 on Book Riot's 2015 Read Harder Challenge: a book by or about a person from an indigenous culture >
arielleali's review against another edition
3.0
The short stories in War Dances interest and repel me. The defeatest, confused protagonists seek meaning that seems to be just out of reach in modern scenarios of loss and human connection. I don't want to read any of these stories again, even though they are fascinating and well-written.
amanda_u's review against another edition
5.0
As usual, Sherman Alexie deliveres humor coupled with keen insight into what it means to be human. A delight to read. The perfect coupling of light & serious.
tora76's review against another edition
2.0
This is a collection of short stories and poems linked mainly by the fact that they're about whiny guys. I don't know. I did like a couple of the stories (especially the last one, Salt, and the title story), but the ones that left a bad taste in my mouth really left a bad taste in my mouth and kind of overpower all the rest. The Ballad of Paul Nonetheless was just gross, and I get that he was supposed to be a gross asshat guy, but I don't really need to read a story about a guy who's just wallowing in his assholishness while going "wah, wah, poor me", you know? I could go anywhere on the internet and find a million of them.[return][return]Added to that the fact that I'm not a big fan of poetry and these poems didn't do anything to change my mind, and that the writing itself wasn't that great, this was just really not the book for me. I'm glad this wasn't the first thing of his I ever read, otherwise I'd probably write him off and never read anything of his again.