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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
He wrote this so young and there is so much that is brilliance here and it's also a great first novel to read as a writer because it is often very clear what he is doing - giving backstory, using cultural context to bolster his case, fantasy to show the plight of the main character. This is not an easy read, it's an angry harsh sad book but it teaches you about being an Indian in contemporary society as well as a lot about writing .
I usually steer clear of this genre of novel. A serial killer roams Seattle. Sympathetic characters die or are threatened. Loving parents suffer. The book is well plotted and there's an element of real mystery to the suspense--could reality be driven by a vengeful spirit born out of centuries of wrongs done to Native Americans? Alexie does a great job depicting how white folks believing themselves to be experts in North American Indians come across to Native Americans. Some characters--sandwich Marie, for example, were very compelling and I wanted more about them. But that was the novel--snippets of characters, snippets of plots, nothing fully developed except for fear and hate. Still, if you like this kind of theme, you'll love this novel.
Disappointing. Full of stereotyped characters, and unsolved 'mystery'.
used to be a fan of Alexie, especially his poetry & lone ranger & tonto fist fight in heaven, until i woke up and realized his narcissism and skewed views are just over the f'g top and engendered this disaster of a novel.
Good read! Loved the characters and multiple story lines.
SPOILER ALERT!
A little disappointed we didn't get to learn the killer's identity thought.
SPOILER ALERT!
A little disappointed we didn't get to learn the killer's identity thought.