padjam 's review for:

The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The book centers a great of white feelings at the expense of 1-D portrayal of the characters of color.  It just was so jarring and kind of hard to overcome.  A great of apologizing and hand wringing for the "times" as there could not have been a world where the white characters could have been braver against prejudice.