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emotional
funny
hopeful
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
5.0
I can only describe this book as a love letter to the Pacific Northwest written by looking into windows of a small community and describing the lives of the observed as a series of poetic lists.
It took a minute to grow on me because coming off of the back of The Great Gatsby (which I very much did not like) because it seemed like another book about a bunch of characters doing nothing. The lists were difficult at first and I was annoyed by them, but then they made me laugh and then theybstarted feeling a bit like a song or poem. I would say it is kind of like The Great Gatsby in that it is a book about people and a snap shot of a summer of their lives. It is also about capitalism and the community we find. However, this is better so much better. The characters in Mink River are flawed but they address the flaws, they recognize them and they grow from them because they are all generally good people. Its a story of them trying to survive a time when the economy is changing and just existing. This also has an air of fantasy in that there is a talking crow, man who smells pain and fear, a disembodied messenger in a cave, and a man from a river.
It is such a wonderful book. It made me laugh, made me cry, made me feel a deep love for my little part of the country.
It took a minute to grow on me because coming off of the back of The Great Gatsby (which I very much did not like) because it seemed like another book about a bunch of characters doing nothing. The lists were difficult at first and I was annoyed by them, but then they made me laugh and then theybstarted feeling a bit like a song or poem. I would say it is kind of like The Great Gatsby in that it is a book about people and a snap shot of a summer of their lives. It is also about capitalism and the community we find. However, this is better so much better. The characters in Mink River are flawed but they address the flaws, they recognize them and they grow from them because they are all generally good people. Its a story of them trying to survive a time when the economy is changing and just existing. This also has an air of fantasy in that there is a talking crow, man who smells pain and fear, a disembodied messenger in a cave, and a man from a river.
It is such a wonderful book. It made me laugh, made me cry, made me feel a deep love for my little part of the country.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Cancer, Pregnancy, Car accident, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and War
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