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5🌟/5🌟

This book was amazing. I‘ve had trouble with some of Erdrich‘s recent fiction, but this one sucked me in and held me. It is both profound and sad, but also a thrilling mystery. When someone attacks 13 year old Joe‘s mother, he sets out to find out who did it and seek vengeance. Joe is a terrific narrator, and Erdrich weaves in the tragic history of the reservations and Native culture in a way that it is fearless and revealing. Gorgeous book.

This was my first book by Louise Erdrich, and I‘ve wanted to read something by her for a while! A friend gave me this book, partly for the occasional German phrase thrown in (though why doesn‘t Erdrich add translations for those who don‘t speak German? I would find this frustrating if I didn‘t know the language). I enjoyed the writing style and some of the subplots, but this turned into more work to get through than I had expected.

Just finished and loved this!

This is a soft pick for me. I really enjoyed the storyline based on her grandfather. I didn‘t hate Patrice‘s story, I just felt it could have been its own narrative? I‘m not sure. Either way, it‘s an engrossing read. Erdrich doesn‘t miss.

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I live just across the river from North Dakota and it‘s a very different world on the other side of the river. They have more restaurants and then it‘s just flat land. I don‘t know why they haven‘t left yet, either.
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This is a beautiful book, and hard for me to describe. Parts are very uncomfortable as I‘ve never read an author who so accurately describes how scary it can be to be a woman. I didn‘t love the MC, and things do not really “end”, but it‘s a beautiful book. (15)
⭐️: 4/5

I enjoyed reading Louise Erdrich, and the Round House was when I got hooked. The same with There, There. I read Zadie Smith for a challenge.

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