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Indian Horse

Richard Wagamese

4.47 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Heart wrenching stuff. This was so good!

Beautiful

Lots of history and great insight in this book. Much to think about. Growing up as a Native American in a white man's world. Isolated, abused and marginalized. Yet, triumphant and found.
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

C’est un vraiment bon livre, mais c’est très lent. Je comprends le but de l’auteur mais je pense qu’il y avait des moments qui aurait pu être modifier ou enlever basé sur leur importance. 

From, "Indian Horse," I learned that residential schools were not schools, they were workhouses for children where they were treated like inmates, and when they were used up in every sense of the word, they were buried in unmarked graves. I was struck by this realization because for as long as I have known about this matter, I had always thought that Aboriginal children were being forcibly assimilated through education and not through 'slavery.'
dark emotional informative 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: No
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