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A review by moonbites
Drowning in Fire, Volume 48 by Craig S. Womack
So, I am not going to give this one a rating because I was required to read this for a class, which added to the struggle of reading this book. However I did enjoy the discussions in class about the text, which helped me appreciate the themes and messages of the story. Yet, reading it on my own I doubt I would have interpreted the text correctly, because I couldn’t get past the writing style.
Unfortunately the story jumped around and was too convoluted for me, although I realize now that the narrative style played into the idea of native storytelling, I couldn’t appreciate this when reading on my own. I like a nice and tidy story, I like things linear, with maybe some convoluted aspects if necessary. But, the unreliable story telling lead to too many metaphors for me to piece together, and I found myself more confused than enthralled.
The book has some exciting messages, and maybe if I had more time to read this without the expectation of due dates I may have liked it more. The book does provide an important commentary on Native-Queer identity.
Unfortunately the story jumped around and was too convoluted for me, although I realize now that the narrative style played into the idea of native storytelling, I couldn’t appreciate this when reading on my own. I like a nice and tidy story, I like things linear, with maybe some convoluted aspects if necessary. But, the unreliable story telling lead to too many metaphors for me to piece together, and I found myself more confused than enthralled.
The book has some exciting messages, and maybe if I had more time to read this without the expectation of due dates I may have liked it more. The book does provide an important commentary on Native-Queer identity.