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The Round House by Louise Erdrich

25 reviews

audreyolejasz's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

2.0

The main character is kunda of a pervert...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Car accident, Drug use, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Blood, and Pedophilia

tiffanykw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Rape, Murder, Car accident, and Gun violence

Minor: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Grief

annreadsabook's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

THE ROUND HOUSE is a real masterpiece of a novel, one that examines deep violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and the many obstacles that prevent survivors and their families from seeing something remotely approximating justice. In this book we have Joe, the son of a tribal judge who takes matters into his own hands after his mother is horrifically attacked, and over the course of the novel Joe is forced to grow up beyond his years. Erdrich considers the lengths we will go to fight for the ones we love, the limits and definitions of “justice,” and the lasting bonds of community.

This is an absolute classic and a must-read, particularly for those in the legal profession or for those who are interested in learning about how the tangled web of legal systems in the US interfere with Indigenous sovereignty. I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time. Queen Louise can do no wrong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child death, and Car accident

Underage drinking

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Dementia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

indrabindra's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Death, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, and Hate crime

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Adult/minor relationship

bangishimokwe's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual violence

illtakethenightshiftx's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

The Round House is an unflinching look at trauma and it’s effect on family and community. I loved the way Erdrich used a first-person adult narrator recounting events that happened in his youth. I found that it brought another level of reflection to an already mature character. Most of this novel was a gut punch, but it’s had moments of hilarity and joy that you could truly feel. I loved the way that memory and storytelling from elders was woven into the narrative - if you know me, I’m a SUCKER for when that device is used and used extremely well, much like in this story.

I really enjoyed this novel and I can’t wait to read her other works!

Please read the CW before starting this novel. There isn’t too much graphic content, but it could be triggering for some. Also, there aren’t any quotation marks denoting conversations or lines of dialogue, so that may took a few pages to get used to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Car accident

masriazs's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism

leanderson's review

challenging sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book is one of those that will have you staring at the wall when you finish. I was actually driving when the audiobook ended and I just sat in silence. Also while this book is very bleak one thing that shines is the relationships between the characters and that makes life worth living

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Car accident

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Racism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness