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Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

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soaraus's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

3.5

abbywelter's review

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

beth_p1201's review

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dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

knod78's review

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3.0

On one hand, I couldn't put this book down and finished it in 2 days. It goes by quick. On the other hand, I didn't love this book. She was fast paced, moving around too much, and had no organization to her sometimes rambling. But I learned a lot. I have now read two books for the PNW/Alaska Native Americans for Native American Heritage Month to learn a little bit more of that region since I tend to learn more about the Southwest/South Native Americans being in Texas. Things she listens to, references, watches, reads, is me in a nutshell although, I only like one song from Hole. I knew instantly what she meant when she said she found her Agent Cooper. But sometimes, I just wanted to slap the shit out of her for not just slowing the F down and think about the things she was doing before acting immediately. She almost seemed manic. Richard...felt sorry for that guy and I do think she strung him a long. Brandon, Dear God, what a manipulative ass. I would not have gone back to him after repeatedly lying about the honeymoon. I mean who does that? A Narcissist that's who. I am glad she got her shit together in the end, but I needed booze after reading the journey.

I'm not sure if I recommend this book or not, but I think it's such a quick read that it won't matter. I will say though that it talks a lot of her multiple sexual assaults and could be triggering to some.

maryrosa's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

The smell of beer on a lovers breath still bothers me.
The way it seeps out of the skin, permeates the breath.

rainbowbookworm's review

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4.0

I was unfamiliar with the author, her music, or her story and I found this to be riveting and heartbreaking to the point where I had to walk away from the book several times before finishing it.