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bry_faye's review
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
juneno's review
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Rape, and Sexual content
sharon333's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
samvanstokkom's review
i stopped reading around page 255. i thought the beginning was very good, very interesting, well-written and enjoyable. but when i hit the middle section of this book i got sooooo bored. anyways this was the last book i had to read for uni so i can finally go back to reading books that i actually like
evareading's review against another edition
funny
reflective
sad
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? Yes
5.0
rocks_and_mountians's review
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
amoskane's review against another edition
4.0
Just finished this book and loved it-- one thing is still bothering me, though. There's a guy that Lulu finds in the woods, toward the end, and he's wearing an "old red scarf for a pants belt". I could swear that someone had been wearing a red scarf for a belt earlier in the novel, but I can't for the life of me figure out who. I thought it was one of the Lazarres, maybe? Anybody else spot that?
aidareads's review against another edition
got into a reading slump and barely read for a couple of days which says a lot
bexduck's review against another edition
3.0
Each chapter of this book captures vignettes between two families over the course of several decades. I liked how Erdrich was able to make the narrator of each chapter have such a distinctive voice, even as they transitioned into older age at later points in the book.