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The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

60 reviews

megdlus's review

informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking and Sexual violence

libbyhb's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

I loved this so much. I don't know what it is, but anything Louise Erdrich writes just immediately grabs me. The two main characters we follow in The Night Watchman were immediately so interesting and charming and I couldn't wait to find out what happened next in their story. I liked the way that the story flowed from focusing on the most personal, intimate details of their lives, like Pixie's struggles with relationships and comparing herself to her friends, to broader trends and huge events, like Thomas's fight against termination or women like Pixie's sister being trafficked. And on top of all of that, the world was so well illustrated and immersive! Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Trafficking

Moderate: Death

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

Such a good story - based upon the true fight by the Turtle Mountain band of the Chippewa against the government's plan for the termination of the reservation and support of their people. She brings to life so many different characters and elements of reservation life in the 1950s.  I love these characters and hated to leave them when the book ended.  I'll be reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, and Incest

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative 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? No

5.0

Holy shit this book was incredible. I love Louise Erdrich now even more than I already did, if that's possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

teresareads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

anu_wil's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, and Alcoholism

helenferg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Graphic: Trafficking, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

spoko's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

There’s a lot to respect in this book, but in the end I didn’t really enjoy reading it. It felt disjointed, like it couldn’t decide what kind of book it wanted to be. I might have enjoyed the various parts of it separately, but they didn’t fit together well. Patrice’s journey to the city, especially, was a really jarring departure from the overall narrative, and I never really got back into the book after that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Trafficking

alyx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

A modern classic. The Night Watchman is defined by its beautiful prose and masterful storytelling, uniquely illuminating the lives of a wide variety of characters, yet also informing readers of an oft-erased period of neocolonial history and violence in the United States

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, War, Pregnancy, and Genocide

egmamaril's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Racism

Minor: Animal death