Have you ever listened to an older family member tell you about something/someone in the family, the story rambles, bit and pieces are given that don't quite connect, and half of the people in the story you're too young to have ever met and don't remember? But you know that they are trying their hardest to tell you something that they think is important to pass on, so you try really hard to figure out that point, but never quite get there? That's what it is like reading this book.
It is supposed to be fiction but reads more like a disjointed memoir. It is neither plot driven (there is no plot) nor character driven (you never really get a feel of anyone in the story - you know a little about them, but never get to know them).
I was looking forward to something written in the voice of a modern Native American, a voice that is sorely lacking in fiction today. I was also curious to read something about the epidemic of missing Native American women. Unfortunately, this doesn't really satisfy either of those desires of mine which led to wanting to read this story.
If there was a 1.5-star rating, I'd give that to this book. I didn't hate it, which to me is a one, but can't say I actually liked it, which would be a two. It is somewhere in between - is there an "I couldn't care less" rating?
It is supposed to be fiction but reads more like a disjointed memoir. It is neither plot driven (there is no plot) nor character driven (you never really get a feel of anyone in the story - you know a little about them, but never get to know them).
I was looking forward to something written in the voice of a modern Native American, a voice that is sorely lacking in fiction today. I was also curious to read something about the epidemic of missing Native American women. Unfortunately, this doesn't really satisfy either of those desires of mine which led to wanting to read this story.
If there was a 1.5-star rating, I'd give that to this book. I didn't hate it, which to me is a one, but can't say I actually liked it, which would be a two. It is somewhere in between - is there an "I couldn't care less" rating?