kylehutchns 's review for:

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

2.0

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Orange so gracefully interlocks the themes of individual trauma and communal grief within the fragmented structure of There There, while here he holds onto the mic too long to make sure everyone understood the point. The first part, charting a unique ancestral mythos, is a highlight.