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woodlandbooklover 's review for:
The Ghost Dancers: A Novel
by Adrian C. Louis
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Published posthumously, this novel takes place in the late 80s between two families and two reservations. The families deal with loss, violence, addiction, and the continuing effects of American colonialism, all while healing pasts, dreaming futures, and always questioning identity and belonging. As a non-indigenous reader, I am hesitant to critique the characters' decisions or motives. I will say that there is an ending that some may find doesn't resolve the many threads the book tangles up, and that may be a good thing or not.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation