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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
This book lingers like a tattoo etched in your soul. I loved reading every single page and learned so much about the Cherokee.
The ending to me was perfect. I highly recommend this one.
The ending to me was perfect. I highly recommend this one.
I’m surprised to see some lukewarm reviews here. As soon as I started it I was instantly sucked in and invested. Brandon’s prose flows like cool water and follows very clear characters that are tied together by Ray-Ray’s death. There was something eerie about all the storylines, like the supernatural at work. I thought including Tsala and his story was such an interesting counterpoint and loved that he was woven into the family’s story as well.
This is a beautiful story about Cherokee people and the grief they carry with them, of their people, their land, their ways.
It’s a quick read and well worth it.
This is a beautiful story about Cherokee people and the grief they carry with them, of their people, their land, their ways.
It’s a quick read and well worth it.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
Heart-achingly beautiful, full of empathy and a meditation on the irrationality of grief, particularly within the White Supremacist institutions of the United States of America for those who are not 'meant' to be members of the state. Full of tenderness, with eyes wide open and not shying away from the reality of the impact of violence and the lingering afterlife of violence on everyone in the community.
This book was okay. There were three different stories going on - Edgar, the mom, and the sister. I appreciated the cherokee story telling and the realness of the characters. Edgar’s storyline was kind of confusing to me. Am I raving? No. Did I enjoy it and seeing what happened in the end? Yes. I listened to the audio book, narrated by four different people- which I liked as well. 6/10 would recommend.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
I really wanted to like this book, but there are just so many missing pieces and I felt frustrated at some points. Like this game that Jackson was developing...
The Removed is an incredible book, a book full of honesty and pain and the ethic of keeping on. It's about dispossession and racism, and about youth and age in dialogue with one another. It's got passages of sweeping magnificence and as mundane as describing litter, and it 's all woven together masterfully in a story that will resonate with me for a long time. The characters are real and flawed and their hopes are true and painful: there's the daughter who lies to conceal her hurt and history, the gentle and awkward foster child, the wife watching her husband's dementia whittle him away, the son who has to confront his fears and self-loathing. I felt for all of these characters, and I think other readers will feel for them too. This would be a great book for discussing along with a history of the Cherokee, US colonialism, and race in America today.
I really enjoyed the elements of Cherokee history, storytelling, and magical realism that were woven into this book. It explores very important themes in a unique way. However, some of the themes and characters didn't feel fully developed, so it dragged on at times.
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It leaned too heavily into the symbolism for me to really relate/get drawn into the plot
