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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
4 reviews
kuchikopii's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
fast-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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Hate crime, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Ableism
maggiewen's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Wow, I hated this book 🤩
I guess this book just didn’t hit me like it did everyone else. It wasn’t the meaningful coming-of-age contemporary novel that almost everyone else described it as. It felt more like a cheesy, offensive picture book that’s filled with bad jokes.
Just completely ignoring the SA allegations against Alexie for a hot second, the humour was in the style of dad jokes and were 90% just self deprivation. I guess the self deprivation was funny in like the first three chapters but got really boring, really quickly.
“So she was all white on white on white, like the most perfect kind of vanilla dessert cake you’ve ever seen.
I wanted to be her chocolate topping.” (page 114)
It was so exhausting being in Arnold’s head because he spoke more like a nine year old than a freshman in high school. And I would know, I’m literally the targeted age group. Arnold went from being a mediocre character before he went to Reardan (the boarding school) to a really self-centred, annoying character after going to Reardan. I feel like Alexis would be good at very silly, younger middle grade graphic novels. Something like Captain Underpants or Babymouse. You know? Something funny but immature, childish, and without a lot of depth.
Going back to the SA allegation against Alexie, you can totally see just from reading the book that those allegations were coming. Arnold is a fourteen year old boy, and the amount of times he sexualizes other fourteen year old girls is so concerning. And the way Alexie talks about women through Arnold is so uncomfortable
“The girl has an ego. But that’s sexy, too” (page 108)
“Yep, I had a big erection when I learned of my sisters death.” (page 202)
”Who knew that tears of sympathy could be so sexy?” (page 129)
“Snot ran down her face and it was still sort of sexy.” (page 213)
”(His sister) looks like Jennifer Lopez (if J. Lo. Was smarter)” (page 27)
The repeated use of slurs and incorrect and offensive representation of anorexia..
”They (anorexics) think being anorexic makes them special, makes them better than everybody else.” (page 107)
..really just topped it off too.
I really just could not find a single character or joke that I liked from this book. But I did find many characters and jokes that I absolutely, truly, hated.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence
Minor: Bullying and Vomit
lilymurph's review against another edition
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit
karingforbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
My biggest hiccup was the length/: too short. And while I liked how fast it read, it also felt like it left out huge important chunks or summarized them in a sentence. That said, this was great. I loved the cartoons and there were so many great lines! It shows life on the reservation for a large majority of native Americans in the States (so long as you realize geography and culture differs) and makes it accessible. It dove into identity and love and race.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, and Racism
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