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lackadaisical_ally's review
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
A beautiful book about three generations of Indigenous girls/women. It depicts the horrors of colonialism and it's effects on this family. This is definitely an intense book, obviously if you know anything of the history of the US. I took my time with this novel because it's definitely a difficult read. I did have to remind myself that the POV characters were children because often the writing was rather sophisticated for children, or maybe that's just my view of the language from a modern perspective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Racism
readingwithkaitlyn's review
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, Genocide, Racial slurs, Murder, Colonisation, Blood, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Miscarriage, War, Excrement, Slavery, Vomit, Ableism, Rape, Incest, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Suicide
Mention of serial killer, segregation, Korean War, boarding schools, Dakota 38, Whitestone Hill, hangings, Wounded Knee, Carlisle, and starvation.
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