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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
This book was okay, fine. I think ~100 pages of it could be edited out without losing much. I appreciate having more books available by indigenous authors as part time main stream literature, especially for teens. I enjoyed the threads of history and pop culture woven throughout. Carson and Magpie, the narrators, were not my favorite characters in the story or the most interesting, in my opinion. Ultimately, I kept waiting for something more significant to happen, but nothing really lived up to the buildup. The storyline between Magpie and Jim Morgan made my skin crawl (as it should).
adventurous
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Just not in the mood for this book. And I didn't care much for the narrators.
(Audio)
3 stars
This was an interesting perspective story, since I'm not very familiar with Res Life and Native stories in general. However, the pacing was off. I wasn't really sure where the story was going until about 75% of the way through. I was intrigued by the characters pretty quickly.
3 stars
This was an interesting perspective story, since I'm not very familiar with Res Life and Native stories in general. However, the pacing was off. I wasn't really sure where the story was going until about 75% of the way through. I was intrigued by the characters pretty quickly.
I really liked Eric Gansworth's other book, If I Ever Get Out of Here, but this one was a little hard to get through. The plot picked up more than halfway through the book and then slowed down until it limped to the end, which, incidentally, felt a bit rushed.
It’s helpful to read Gansworth’s other novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here, before this one as the many of the characters and plot lines overlap (even though this is technically not a sequel.) This is my least favorite of the two books, but I enjoyed listening to Gansworth himself narrating on the audiobook.
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
informative
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not bad, not great. Maybe other folks would enjoy the Beatles theme more than I did. It's been a while since I met a main character I loathed as much as I did Carson, the driver of much of the story's action. While his narcissism is essentially the point by the end of the book, it was tough to bear his narration along the way.