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govmarley's review against another edition
4.0
Another great mystery with Leaphorn and Chee - this time we all leave New Mexico and head to Washington D.C. to investigate a John Doe found along the train tracks, interview an activist who seems to have ties to a Navajo family, and spend some time with Janet Pete.
Joe Leaphorn seems to be doing better after his Blessing Way. Glad Chee was able to help him. Jim, however, still is torn between two worlds. I can see these books are leading us towards a relationship with Janet, and I don't know if I like that, but she's better than Mary. Hopefully we've seen the last of her.
I actually enjoyed this mystery a lot even with the huge coincidence of getting Leaphorn and Chee in D.C. at the same time to partner up. And everyone is back home in the Navajo Nation so we will be driving the dusty roads of NM for the next one. 3.5 stars.
Joe Leaphorn seems to be doing better after his Blessing Way. Glad Chee was able to help him. Jim, however, still is torn between two worlds. I can see these books are leading us towards a relationship with Janet, and I don't know if I like that, but she's better than Mary. Hopefully we've seen the last of her.
I actually enjoyed this mystery a lot even with the huge coincidence of getting Leaphorn and Chee in D.C. at the same time to partner up. And everyone is back home in the Navajo Nation so we will be driving the dusty roads of NM for the next one. 3.5 stars.
princessleia4life's review against another edition
3.0
It was a good story but I like it better when they are in New Mexico, the Washington D.C. background made the story kinda off. I mean it was a good mystery but it just felt like something was missing.
voxlunae's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
linda48's review against another edition
5.0
This is the best Hillerman mystery that I've read thus far. Taking the tribal police officers to Washington, D.C. brings them out of their comfort zone and into an urban area. Each arrive separately following their own case which become intertwined. Each also copes with modern, urban society in surprisingly different ways.
louisekf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.75
amarj33t_5ingh's review against another edition
5.0
My second Hillerman and it lived up to expectations after my first.
Leaphorn and Chee unite in a high-stakes game when they discover Chilean anarchists plan to carry out a spectacular assassination within Washington itself. Hillerman's narrative and prose is on the mark and they unite to present a gut-wrenching conclusion.
A highly memorable novel.
Leaphorn and Chee unite in a high-stakes game when they discover Chilean anarchists plan to carry out a spectacular assassination within Washington itself. Hillerman's narrative and prose is on the mark and they unite to present a gut-wrenching conclusion.
A highly memorable novel.
northerly_heart_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
meganpbennett's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Talking God brings Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn to Washington, DC. Separately, as they investigate two seemingly unrelated things: a man with no identification murdered near Gallup, and a man who works for the Smithsonian arrested for digging up some skeletons.
Talking God has an unusual political subplot, involving repatriation of remains and opposition leaders.
Like the rest of the series, Talking God is very interesting.
Talking God has an unusual political subplot, involving repatriation of remains and opposition leaders.
Like the rest of the series, Talking God is very interesting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism
jrpoole's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book solely because I was tapped to lead a local library's reading group discussion on it. It's not the kind of thing I normally read, and I've been trained by academia to look down on anything that fits as neatly into a genre as this does, but I enjoyed it immensely and couldn't put it down.
Here's a review from my blog:
http://20thousandroads.blogspot.com/
Here's a review from my blog:
http://20thousandroads.blogspot.com/
tome15's review against another edition
5.0
Hillerman, Tony. Talking God. Leaphorn and Chee No. 9. Harper, 1989.
Talking God has a boffo opening, when someone sends the bones of a Smithsonian archeologist’s grandparents to her to protest the museum’s policy on repatriating Native American bones. As usual in a Hillerman novel there are plenty of difficult cases for Leaphorn and Chee to solve, cases that lead us to learn a lot about Native American culture in the four corners area. Police procedurals are usually one-time reads for me because they depend so much on the suspense of catching the criminals, but Hillerman novels are so full of information and well-drawn characters that I can always reread them with pleasure.
Talking God has a boffo opening, when someone sends the bones of a Smithsonian archeologist’s grandparents to her to protest the museum’s policy on repatriating Native American bones. As usual in a Hillerman novel there are plenty of difficult cases for Leaphorn and Chee to solve, cases that lead us to learn a lot about Native American culture in the four corners area. Police procedurals are usually one-time reads for me because they depend so much on the suspense of catching the criminals, but Hillerman novels are so full of information and well-drawn characters that I can always reread them with pleasure.