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When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape.
This book is amazing! It’s complex brilliant rambling unexpected and beautiful.
The story was a complex tapestry woven so tightly and beautifully; I thought the ending would be just as tight, but it’s not. It sort of unravels. I found it a bit deflating.
The GR blurb makes this sound like its some sort of Native American murder myster ...more
• I am always wiser and more informed after reading a Louise Erdrich novel
• At first I was a little confused by the characters and their connections and then I settled into the voices of the different narrators as the tale reveals the effect of a tragedy on a small town in an area of country we often do not read involving a group (Native Americans) whose voices we often do not hear.
• Beautiful language that makes you want to linger over the sentences, well-executed – just loved how the murderer ...more
• At first I was a little confused by the characters and their connections and then I settled into the voices of the different narrators as the tale reveals the effect of a tragedy on a small town in an area of country we often do not read involving a group (Native Americans) whose voices we often do not hear.
• Beautiful language that makes you want to linger over the sentences, well-executed – just loved how the murderer ...more
Erdrich's story is described as centering around a murder that happened long ago in a reservation town. The story begins with children listening to their grandfather telling about a time when the land was so overrun by doves that they covered the ground, broke windows and collapsed roofs, and most upsettingly drowned in the outhouse muck. Obviously this is an allegory but I could not really figure out for what exactly, except perhaps the crowded connections and interactions all over the land and
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It took me 3/4 of the book before I really got interested in this one, but then it got much better. I liked the parts with Evelina the best
May 21, 2012
Jessica
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This is one to persevere with in the early going - it can be hard to figure out when the events you're reading about take place at first, but patience is rewarded if you hang in there to see how Erdrich brings it all together in the end. Lots of big themes here, and especially of note for those who find the many facets of family relationships compelling.
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Deedee
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Lexile 960L
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17.0
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 17.0
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