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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Definitely an emotional read but the stories of MMIW need to be told.
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book started slowly for me, but it picked up and became hard to put down. I consider myself a fairly progressive person, and I have always stood up for the rights of Native/Indigenous people, but my overall knowledge about them is still very much lacking. Quill is a member of the Ojibwe (sometimes called Chippewa) tribe in Northern Minnesota, close to Duluth. While out on a run, she hears a scream, which sets the plot into motion. Sadly, Native women are much more likely to go missing, and it's often harder to bring the perpetrators to justice. This book was eye-opening, informative, tense, and ultimately full of hope.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Trafficking, Kidnapping
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Marcie R. Rendon, never stop bringing attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women through your writing, please and thank you.
Where They Last Saw Her feels a lot like the Cash Blackbear series. Obviously, since it's by the same author, there would be similarities, and I feel like Cash and Quill are somewhat alike as characters.
They have the same sense of justice and the need to see the people they care about safe. And Quill's rescue mission reminded me of one of Cash's, but the stories were different.
I found this to be a compelling listen, I finished it even sooner than I had planned, because I needed to know what would happen next.
The storyline is interesting, and works as a standalone (no loose ends to tie up). I'd probably recommend this to people who are new to Rendon sooner than the Cash series, because, well, there's only one book, and because I think Quill might resonate with them more. But Cash is still my favourite.
Where They Last Saw Her feels a lot like the Cash Blackbear series. Obviously, since it's by the same author, there would be similarities, and I feel like Cash and Quill are somewhat alike as characters.
They have the same sense of justice and the need to see the people they care about safe. And Quill's rescue mission reminded me of one of Cash's, but the stories were different.
I found this to be a compelling listen, I finished it even sooner than I had planned, because I needed to know what would happen next.
The storyline is interesting, and works as a standalone (no loose ends to tie up). I'd probably recommend this to people who are new to Rendon sooner than the Cash series, because, well, there's only one book, and because I think Quill might resonate with them more. But Cash is still my favourite.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Trafficking
Minor: Domestic abuse
This was an interesting read. I really enjoyed how it was a mystery from a marginalized perspective, and focused on a community of women using their resources to help each other. However, the pacing was all over the place (and so many scenes of characters just driving back and forth), and I couldn’t get over how many times the protagonist put herself or her children in danger.
dark
emotional
mysterious
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The themes of the book are worth writing and reading about over and over. But I was disappointed in the simplistic writing style. It felt like YA. At times things are overly explained (i.e., narrator: the main character went to the casino, not to actually buy a candy bar like she told her husband, but to investigate— yes, we readers figured that). I appreciated learning bits and pieces about Native culture and about the missing and m*rdered Native women crisis. It inspired me to find more books about this. But this novel left me feeling like an important story was given an ill-fitting light and breezy telling.