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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I liked this book. After living in an Alaskan village for a couple of years before reading this book, it gave me a lot of insight to young adults of our village. It also made me sad, realizing how lost native cultures have become.
There are issues around voice which is to be expected from a book published in the 1960s on this topic. I have so much to learn in this space that it was still valuable to see how the protagonist wrestled with his own bias. I would love to read a response from a KwakwakaŹ¼wakw perspective but could not find anything.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It took a few chapters for me to get oriented in this book, but the simple style creates a beautiful environment. In this book, a young Canadian vicar is sent to live, learn, and serve in a remote indigenous village.
I found this extremely depressing, but truthful. I liked the ending though, it just fit/seemed right.
A beautiful and tragic story about some of the last traditional Native American Indians, and their gradual disenchantment with their own culture. This book is sad, while still hopeful for the future.
The author herself actually lived with the Indian tribe she is writing about, and the rich detail in which she illustrates their culture is fascinating.
(This is random, but I thought I would say...) My favorite character was that of Jim, a young Indian who stubbornly insists that he will marry his sweetheart, even when she is engaged to someone else.
I also liked how this story is different from the usual Native American and English relations book. The white men were not portrayed as evil or good. But, even more unusual, the Indians were not described as entirely innocent victims, either.
The author herself actually lived with the Indian tribe she is writing about, and the rich detail in which she illustrates their culture is fascinating.
(This is random, but I thought I would say...) My favorite character was that of Jim, a young Indian who stubbornly insists that he will marry his sweetheart, even when she is engaged to someone else.
I also liked how this story is different from the usual Native American and English relations book. The white men were not portrayed as evil or good. But, even more unusual, the Indians were not described as entirely innocent victims, either.