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Rich coming of age story. Joe lives on a Native American reservation in North Dakota with his parents. His world is shaken when his mom is brutally raped and there are complications about prosecuting the criminal. Joe, who is 13, grows up quickly as he seeks justice for his mother.
Erdrich does an excellent job of creating the world of the reservation in the late 1980s. She is equally skilled at bringing readers into the mind of a 13 year old boy and showing the friendship between Joe and his fri ...more
Erdrich does an excellent job of creating the world of the reservation in the late 1980s. She is equally skilled at bringing readers into the mind of a 13 year old boy and showing the friendship between Joe and his fri ...more
A very heartbreaking, but very real story of Native Americans in a reservation in North Dakota. It's so easy to feel connected to the characters in this book, especially with the narrator, a 13 year old boy named Joe. I also love Joe's friends, Cappy, Zack and Angus. They are all loveable, fun, even though they have to live in a difficult circumstances, they just tried to make the most of it.
This book made me know more about the challenges (especially in the 80s) that Native Americans faced, th ...more
This book made me know more about the challenges (especially in the 80s) that Native Americans faced, th ...more
I kept hearing that The Round House by Louis Erdrich was an amazing book; I nominated it to be read by book club many times. When I heard that Erdrich won the National Book Award, I decided to read it on my own. My takeaway is that this book should be on the must-read list for humanity. The story is compelling, the characters sympathetic to the point that I worried about Joe when I was not reading and compared all the different types of parents I know to his. I learned a lot about reservation li
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Feb 02, 2021
Rachael
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it was amazing
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Only legitimate complaint I have is the abrupt-ish ending.
Aug 08, 2013
Cari
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really liked it
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Oct 12, 2020
L.h.
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really liked it
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