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gatofish 's review for:
Stolen Tongues
by Felix Blackwell
I have mixed feelings.
I don’t feel this novel was written well and yet I finished it. I was interested enough to find out what happened to the characters. I also think it dragged on much longer than it should have.
I listened to the audiobook and this is the rare occasion where it might have been better to eyeball read it. The narrator was talented and changed voices and inflections well but I think the source material was just not great.
Even though this is written in first person, the characters felt very flat and fake. I was never once afraid for Felix or Faye or anyone else.
And while I do appreciate the author’s end note regarding use of Native American people and lore, I did have the wry thought that…
SPOILER
…the only two people that actually died were the two Indians that most helped Felix. Sooooo, while his essay is self-reflective and on the right track, he still fell into a trope he said he was trying to avoid.
I don’t feel this novel was written well and yet I finished it. I was interested enough to find out what happened to the characters. I also think it dragged on much longer than it should have.
I listened to the audiobook and this is the rare occasion where it might have been better to eyeball read it. The narrator was talented and changed voices and inflections well but I think the source material was just not great.
Even though this is written in first person, the characters felt very flat and fake. I was never once afraid for Felix or Faye or anyone else.
And while I do appreciate the author’s end note regarding use of Native American people and lore, I did have the wry thought that…
SPOILER
…the only two people that actually died were the two Indians that most helped Felix. Sooooo, while his essay is self-reflective and on the right track, he still fell into a trope he said he was trying to avoid.