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Dernier rapport sur les miracles a Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

eejayceelof's review against another edition

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5.0

It's been far, far too long between reading this book and writing its review, so I'm afraid it might be a little bit more perfunctory than my usual. This is the curse of reading interesting material while in the process of packing up to move countries! This novel deserves a much deeper analysis than I'm going to be able to give it, because it was just marvelous...it created emotional characters in a vivid world, structured a clean and deceptively simple narrative between past and present with a similar tension holding up both ends, and thoroughly plays around with gender in a super compelling way that forces readers to reorient any of their visions of masculinity and femininity. I appreciate how the text never quite goes one way or the other on the supernatural elements of the narrative, with Erdrich giving ample evidence both to believe and distrust any miraculous events. There's such a strong sense of place here, and Father Damien Modeste is one of my favourite characters of 2019. It's really, really, really, really great.

rmlrogers's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

wordnerdy's review against another edition

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4.0

http://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2018/05/2018-book-85.html

Rereading this for book club and finished it just in time! I had a request this month for a fantasy book AND a non-fantasy book, so I thought Erdrich's combination of literary writing, fascinating characters, discussions of pagan religions and Catholicism, and a touch of magical realism might satisfy all comers. Not to mention a priest who is secretly a woman! Man, Erdrich is so good.

aliciamcclintic's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

4.5

hmkuether's review against another edition

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5.0

fantastic. Switches between 1910s and 1990s from the perspective of the same woman living as a priest. Interesting view of religion and culture and MN/ND geography

aritter95's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

5.0

esotericareads's review against another edition

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challenging sad 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? Yes

4.0

marijuanerareads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

anaya13's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

booksandkittens's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0