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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
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.
Very moving. A different perspective on Native American life. The interactions between the church, tribe, RMCP, other governmental agencies, and white society itself are fascinating to behold in all their subtleties, but at its heart is a great human story of learning.
emotional
informative
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ich habe nach dem Buch gegriffen, weil es wohl meiner Mutter sehr gut gefallen hat. Der Schreibstil ist sehr angenehm, die Geschichte an sich auch sehr interessant und hat mir eine andere Sicht auf das Leben der Natives gegeben. Es gibt einige rührende Stellen, aber irgendwas hat mir gefehlt, dass es für mich ein 5 Sterne- Buch ist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent
Moderate: Vomit
This book holds a special place in my heart. It is a beautiful story about finding the meaning of life, told gently, softly. The rhythm falls at once melancholy and hopeful. I hope it doesn't read as a white-man-Savior narrative to other people, but I suppose there is the threat of that since it is about a white vicar acclimating to life of a small Native American tribe. But I don't read it that way. I guess the vicar's experience, his being an outsider who has to work and wait patiently to be taken in, resonates with me because I, too, would see the village as an outsider. But the vicar's patience teaches me a little more about what it means to respect another culture. I always wanted to visit British Columbia since reading this book years ago; however, I realize that I couldn't have a similar experience to the vicar: you can't see the heart of a nation or a people as a tourist or passive observer. You have to work, eat, shiver, sweat, and suffer with them. I think too often I have lived in pride with the idea that by reading about or visiting the lands of other people's or cultures that I somehow understand them. But I think that's presumptuous of me.
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
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:
Complicated
I didn't expect this, had to read it in parts as the chapters were so intensely rich. It's a story of life and i felt like i lived among those characters. Its goes into my favourite collection and will enjpy rereading it when i need a pick me up.
This is the third time I've read this small book and it continues to touch my heart.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated