Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

60 reviews

tzlumy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Death of parent, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Animal death

bmpicc's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.0

A lot of characters, however the short chapters helped me keep sane as I sorted them all out. By the end, they were each so real to me. I was very impressed with Erdrich's writing and storytelling. I appreciate that this was inspired by her grandfather's life. There is a lot we can learn from others if we are willing to listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

illtakethenightshiftx's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Louise Erdrich is a master storyteller!! I love how she uses multiple points of view and blends elements of magical realism and things we can’t always see into the narrative. She creates a deep, rich setting which is highlighted by her characters. The characters she creates feel so real and I loved them all!! Every person I met in this book (and every other book I’ve read by her) felt like I could reach into the pages and shake their hand or run into them while getting coffee. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

CW: discussion of indigenous boarding schools experience (moderate)

livsoap's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I absolutely loved this book, especially how it drew on the authors own history. My one axe to grind is that my paperback copy I bought despite being new is absolutely littered with typos, as if it’s a proof copy, to the point where one of the chapter titles says “chapter title to come”. I’m thinking this must just be some bad luck of mine to pick up a copy with loads of printing errors but it did take me out of the story a bit quite a few times. But that’s just me being pernickety. I still loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

panoptican's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Grief, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Moderate: Pregnancy and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty

grubloved's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking and Sexual assault

beankels's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Very glad I read the book, it had a rich story and cast of characters. I wouldn’t say that I “couldn’t put this down” but the plot still brought me back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Trafficking, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Alcoholism

lizzie24601's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring relaxing 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

4.0

Another gorgeously written novel by Louise Erdrich. Her books feel so cozy to me - she is so skilled at sucking the reader into her world and the community she's brought to life. This book tells the important and inspiring story of her grandfather and his tireless community fighting to save themselves from termination.

One star taken off solely because

I was so disappointed by the lack of a reunion between Patrice and Vera. Patrice spends the entire first third of the book searching for her sister and worrying about her, and when Vera returns, there isn't a single scene with the two of them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide, Animal death, and Gun violence

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Read for a book club and really struggled with this one. It was beautifully written. Erdrich is clearly a master. But the subject matter and composition were not my cup of tea. It was almost stream of consciousness, which is my absolute least favorite, and I found it very difficult to keep track of the many characters, especially as the POV switched to a new character basically by the chapter. I gave it an extra star because I learned a lot about termination, but overall, not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Death of parent, Racism, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

faysalbasil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Trafficking, and Sexual assault