Reviews

The Surrounded by D'Arcy McNickle

eclipsedmoth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

corrin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

henry_kujak's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.0

orangepeaches's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective

• 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

5.0

library_anne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.0

xleehyesunx's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-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

2.75

mnboyer's review against another edition

2.0

To begin, this book is marketed as one of if not the best pice of American Indian literature ever written. While it was certainly among the first, and paved the way for contemporary AI authors, I humbly disagree that this is one of the best pieces of AI lit ever written. Unfortunately, the plot is slow, boring, and really hard to engage with (and this is coming from an American Indian literature Ph.D. student).

Clearly, this is one of the novels you have to trudge through in order to understand the authors that shaped American Indian canon, literature, paved the way for contemporary authors, etc. -- but I would highly suggest if you're allowed to pick and choose your D'Arcy McNickle novels, read [b:Wind from an Enemy Sky|950995|Wind from an Enemy Sky|D'Arcy McNickle|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347459071s/950995.jpg|935918] instead.

Two stars for its historic merit. But as a read, definitely would not have finished it if it was not on my comps list!

pumathepanther's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

cass17alb's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

clairemcarroll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25