Reviews

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

justgina93's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rhysellnow's review

library loans ran out and never got in the mood to read it

anniemarie321's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense

4.5

chane_y's review

emotional

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

alibrarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Between the beautiful myths and amazing storytelling, Medina truly makes readers think about what it means when a person goes missing. He also shares what it’s like when it seems no one cares or no one can actually do anything. Sisters of the Lost Nation dives explicitly into what it’s like when members of indigenous people are taken, go missing, or face struggles. As a heartbreaking story, it tells a necessary narrative without softening the facts. 

It was gorgeously written and achingly true when it came down to it. Medina’s work is one that absolutely should be read. 

cindylchap's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

notyourgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

thebookcroissant's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

shortsm's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jhutch1324's review

4.0

Amazing fictional account of a very real issue faced by native women across the US.

Anna and Grace are sisters and young adults who are growing into womanhood. Just like a lot of other women in their community they are working at the resort on the Rez. Anna, as the oldest, started first and is trying to watch out for her baby sister but there are sinister men in their midst. Anna is almost positive her supervisor Fox is one of them and wants her sister to stay far away from him. Grace, as the younger sister is in the phase of her teen years where she is rebelling against not only her sister but also her own ideals as she is trying to figure out who she really is and who she wants to be.

Girls have been going missing for some time when we pick up with Anna and it's not long until someone close to her is the next missing girl. We follow Anna while she travels around and connects the dots between the missing girls, odd situations she's encountered at the resort and the old stories she's clung to from her old mentor, who herself was missing and found murdered in Anna's childhood.

Through this novel we learn about the plight of a lot of Native American women and how the rest of the population reacts and helps (or doesn't) them with this sadly ongoing problem.

I love how the author wove cultural elements from multiple tribes into it so that he didn't have to focus on one tribe which helped bring light to the problems faced across many tribes.