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lydiamcleod's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Ableism
Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry
al3xa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Abandonment, Murder, Racism, and Alcoholism
katsbooks's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
“We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human being, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results in good. You'll see.”
This was a very intense read. Definitely check trigger warnings for this book. It started a little slow for me but really picked up as it went. Generally, I like to listen to general fiction because I find it doesn't hold my attention the way romance, fantasy or thrillers. That's how I started this novel but found it fairly easy to finish it physically. My main complaint is that I didn't like that there weren't any quotation marks. I get that it's a literature choice but I don't really get it. Other than that, there wasn't a whole lot that I didn't like about this book. My favorite aspect was probably the perspective. It was so effective to make the main character's perspective that of a 13-year-old boy. It took all of the serious, intense themes and filtered them through the semi-innocent eyes of a pubescent boy. It genuinely made so much of the story more impactful. I also really appreciated the commentary on how Native Americans straddle the line between tribal soveriegnty and American jurisdiction, especially when it comes to things like rape cases or crime perpretrated by white people on reservations. It was also really interesting to read a depiction of reservation life.
Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Mental illness, Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder
eslsilver's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Rape and Murder
Moderate: Abandonment and Domestic abuse
bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Child death, Abandonment, Murder, Gun violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Car accident, Racism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit