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The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich
5.0
4.5 stars
WOW. This book!! I think this book was as good as Tracks which is one of the very best I've read so far this year. And it was the perfect book end of the readalong. I have a review of the Love Medicine series coming later, but for now, let me say this: you want to read these books. The Bingo Palace was all the best elements of Erdrich's contemporary-set novels with the added weight and scope of her historical books.
The Bingo Palace follows one of my favourite characters from Love Medicine, Lipsha. He was such a compelling character in that and he doesn't disappoint in BP. Money and resulting greed, family relationships, blood relations, the power of dance and artistry, death and those who speak beyond death, love triangles and unrequited love, and womanhood.
WOW. This book!! I think this book was as good as Tracks which is one of the very best I've read so far this year. And it was the perfect book end of the readalong. I have a review of the Love Medicine series coming later, but for now, let me say this: you want to read these books. The Bingo Palace was all the best elements of Erdrich's contemporary-set novels with the added weight and scope of her historical books.
The Bingo Palace follows one of my favourite characters from Love Medicine, Lipsha. He was such a compelling character in that and he doesn't disappoint in BP. Money and resulting greed, family relationships, blood relations, the power of dance and artistry, death and those who speak beyond death, love triangles and unrequited love, and womanhood.