A review by gwendle_vs_literature
Medicine River: Penguin Modern Classics Edition by Thomas King

funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This was King’s first novel, and it has a slightly different feel than some of his later works, but the style was still familiar. It was more similar stylistically to Truth and Bright Water than to Green Grass Running Water, particularly as it lacks the latter’s elements of magical realism, but it’s more like the latter structurally.  If you’re looking for a tidy ending that wraps up a clearly defined plot you won’t find that here — but if you’d like to  follow meandering trails through the the lives of characters that feel more like real people than like characters, then I recommend this book.