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evangelinew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Car accident, Murder, War, and Classism
Minor: Dementia
ameliasbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
This one is challenging too, but I loved it. The writing is lush and the characters (as always with Erdrich) are very interesting and well drawn. I struggled a bit with keeping up with the different families or to memorize each others kinship in my head. There's a family tree added to the book, but I still found it challenging.
Also the way the book is structured didn't make it easier to follow everyone's relationship with each other or to which generation they belong.
Of course some of the metaphors and scenes went over my head, because as a white person, I can't get all of the references, rituals and approaches right, but it's completely unimportant that I am able to do so.
Still I thoroughly enjoyed these scenes and this is definitely a book to reread and to highlight a lot of sentences and passages.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and War
internationalreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
marae216's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Dementia, and Alcohol
scatteredsleep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation
ktrecs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation