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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyed the writing a lot - Alexie is a poet. The story just didn't really catch me.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny and often poignant. Parts of this book were the basis for the award-winning film titled Smoke Signals. Alexie brings the reader into his Native American culture and society with mordant humor, grief for what is gone and what is being lost, and outrage at the hardships and injustices that the people he loves must live with life-long.
This book was a excellent short story collection . I love Sherman Alexie's writing . I read it in one sitting . I have read his Young adult book and his autobiography . I loved them too . I know this author is in the news of late because of some sexual harassment charges. I will still read Sherman Alexie 's books . His writings are excellent and important for Native Americans.
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Alcohol
JESUS CHRIST'S HALF-BROTHER IS ALIVE AND WELL ON THE SPOKANE INDIAN RESERVATION and THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF MY FAVORITE TUMOR
I love the way Sherman Alexie writes. I have to agree with the review he received all those years ago: he is one of the great lyric voices of our time. His sentences unfold beautifully. I think there's something almost like Hemingway in all the wells of emotion he leaves unspoken. I read this book because I read and loved The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. That was also darkly comic and riddled with both hope and despair. I found this collection to be a lot more "darkly" than "comic," and the despair outweighed the hope. I think it's still important to read this account of life as an Indian as experienced by an Indian, but I personally did not find it as entertaining as I did The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.