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A review by livloveslibros
Power by Linda Hogan
4.0
It's hard to review books I've read for school because I read them differently than novels I pick up just for fun. Power isn't a book I would pick up on my own, but I really enjoyed the discussions and insight I gleaned from my classes.
Also, this isn't an easy book to read. It's told in first person, and the narrator contradicts herself constantly. The plot moves slowly--things happen, but they take their time, and the narrator has many thoughts about them. The prose is poetic at times, but that too contributes to the hazy, sometimes confusing atmosphere of the book. It's magical realism in a subtle, unexpected way.
I like that you could read this book from different angles: as an environmental novel, as an indigenous novel, as a coming-of-age story for a teenage girl. The way that I, as a reader, was able to get into the head and thoughts of the main character was fascinating, a product of the non-linear, stream-of-consciousness style of writing that Hogan does so well here. I couldn't always relate to Omishto or her decisions but that was the point.
Also, this isn't an easy book to read. It's told in first person, and the narrator contradicts herself constantly. The plot moves slowly--things happen, but they take their time, and the narrator has many thoughts about them. The prose is poetic at times, but that too contributes to the hazy, sometimes confusing atmosphere of the book. It's magical realism in a subtle, unexpected way.
I like that you could read this book from different angles: as an environmental novel, as an indigenous novel, as a coming-of-age story for a teenage girl. The way that I, as a reader, was able to get into the head and thoughts of the main character was fascinating, a product of the non-linear, stream-of-consciousness style of writing that Hogan does so well here. I couldn't always relate to Omishto or her decisions but that was the point.