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Four Souls by Louise Erdrich

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So beautiful and refreshing, like jumping into a springtime lake. It also expressed so many understandings in a clear way that I was never exposed to as a white male raised in modern American society. Which is woefully sad. Erdrich’s prose, if formatted differently, could be considered poetry. But it is also not dense, and it resonated with me in a way that is hard for books or other cultures to do sometimes for me. It is not narrative-driven, so that means we understand the characters better even though the plot does come full circle. Ideas of change, nature, and identity (especially its development and in relation to the former two) is paramount to Fleur and her fellows’ journeys. A vulnerability is captured that I did not think possible, something that the novel emphasized should be emulated. What are you called?
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