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Indian Horse

Richard Wagamese

4.47 AVERAGE

mnboyer's review against another edition

5.0

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This book tore me open, sewed me back up, then tore me open again.

abibemade's review against another edition

5.0

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Trigger warnings for. Sexual abuse and racial violence

mystic_faerie's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

hayleymunro's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

ryanna_banana's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative sad slow-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

julia_preda's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shelley47's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

thewakeless's review against another edition

2.75

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 The writing of the book, the sentence structures, the descriptions of places, views were beautiful and engrossing. I was really into the first part of the book, the one where Indian Horse talks about his family, his parent's silence, his grandmother's strength, and the loss not only of family, but of culture and connectins and gods. It was powerful. When the story moves away from that it lost me a little, maybe because I don't give a shit about hockey, but maybe also cause the "reveal" at the end was entirely predicatable. The story was definetly sad, and I think it could be a good intro to residential schools, but as someone who has read the history it was not shocking, and I think the focus on hockey took away from the examination of grief for me. 

coleign_xox's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

katmc's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes