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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
A wonderful read. Alexie's style is personal, intimate interior views.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Loved this. I think I loved it more since it was a book for class, and I was given more insight into the culture and author. I loved the style of the book, and the sheer poetry of it. I've never highlighted in a book in my life, but I just had to do so in this one. Some lines and passages just couldn't be lost.
I felt #allthefeels reading this. It's beautiful, it's hopeless at times. I wanted to know several of the characters, I wanted to live on the reservation and make it better. Incredible, tragic, easy five stars.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
I've had this collection of short stories on my Kindle for awhile now. I'm glad I finally made the time to read it. Having already read and enjoyed two novels and a poem by Alexie, I figured this short story collection would continue the story of the characters on the Spokane Reservation. I was right. The names and personalities were, for the most part, familiar. Only occasionally was I was confused in my attempt to situate the characters in relation to one another and I blame that more on late night reading than the author's storytelling.
He could see his uncles slugging each other with such force that they had to be in love. Strangers would never want to hurt each other that badly. (p. 2)
Everyone should read at least one book by Sherman Alexie. In fact, I bet you'll want to read more of his work: )
I was exited to read this because I really enjoyed Alexie's second collection The Toughest Indian in the World. The stories in this collection are all relatively short and sparse with little description of either emotionality or setting. The ones I read struck me as just fine, but I didn't find them as compelling as his second collection. I will definitely continue to read his later works but this collection didn't work for me.