monikasbookblog 's review for:

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

5.0

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In #WinterCounts the author has wielded an engrossing thriller about claiming one’s identity and seeking justice as a Native American that is equally suspenseful and thought-provoking. Virgil Wounded Horse, is our protagonist who is a recovering alcoholic & a local law “enforcer” in Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota who gets sucked into the game of power and money. When drugs makes its way to his family, he id willing to takedown the chain of command to deliver justice! My favourite thing about the writing is Weiden has cleverly juxtaposed “a white way of looking at the world” with how things should actually be looked at - beautiful. Culturally accurate historical details rolled along with the state of order in marginalised Native American communities, this novel stands high amongst its peers and this debut deserves to be read.

Thank you Ecco & Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest opinion.