miranda226 's review for:

Go as a River by Shelley Read

1.0

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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I wanted to like this book and had the plot been different I would have greatly enjoyed the style of writing. But I can’t excuse using the brutal murder of a Native man as a plot device to help the naive white woman main character grow, which honestly she doesn’t even have that much character growth afterward. I understand that this prejudice, racism and murder matched the time period - my problem with the novel is that it doesn’t feel like it was _this_ author’s story to tell.

Zelda is one of the only redeeming characters, and I would have been much more interested in hearing her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder

Moderate: Death of parent