1.48k reviews for:

The Mighty Red

Louise Erdrich

3.99 AVERAGE

katiepd's review against another edition

4.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

kellijones's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

randyreadsandknits's review against another edition

4.25

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

chanbing's review against another edition

3.25

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: Yes

clairshields's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bean_season's review against another edition

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I loved this!! I feel like she shares a lot of Barbara Kingsolver's remarkable writing strengths, but with more subtlety. This is not a dig on Kingsolver or saying that she lacks it, just saying I think Erdrich may have even more of it. This is only my second Erdrich book, though. Would love to read more but I may be too faint of heart for the more grim, murdery ones that she got all the awards for. But her last two novels were right up my alley. There's grim stuff in them, too, but she really covers the whole range, including plenty of wonderful humor.

ksraines217's review

4.0

emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don’t know if it’s good or bad that this was my first Louise Erdrich book. It seems a lot of her regular readers feel let down by this story but because I have nothing to compare it to, I enjoyed it. 

The story focuses on a group of residents in a small North Dakota town. Young love, bad decisions, work, marriage, and bigotry are just some of the issues the author deals with. 

Although it’s not an all-time favorite, it’s a book worthy of attention. It is a slow-burn that really takes off in the last third of the book.

ak2000's review against another edition

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DNF @15% couldn't get into it

lauraontheprairie's review

3.5

slow-paced

bbiro's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes