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So, I read this a few weeks ago and have really already forgot most of what happened(not to be mean)but that‘s the truth. I remember liking the story but it was really slow and just not so much for me….loved my picture though❤️🤷🏼♀️
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
So, I read this a few weeks ago and have really already forgot most of what happened(not to be mean)but that‘s the truth. I remember liking the story but it was really slow and just not so much for me….loved my picture though❤️🤷🏼♀️
Crooked families, drugs, land theft and mostly a story of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIWG2S) come together to make this outstanding twisty mystery set in NE Oklahoma written by a Citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
Like @Centique said, this is not my favorite of the Love Medicine novels. Many characters are difficult to love, and there is less humor and more relentless depression. But I did love Fleur‘s final act. And I think I know what happened with Lipsha, but would love to discuss with anyone else who has read this. Number 10 for #24in2024 @Jas16
Thank you @dabbe for creating this play~tag~share card & for the tag.
All Time Favorite:
1 - The Old Kingdom Series By Garth Nix.
Newest:
2 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie.
Because I am obsessed:
3 - Batman!
This was an amazing mystery. I like how focused this story was on “mystery“ and not graphic violence and gory scenes.
The story was not predictable, at least it kept surprising me, especially the last bit of chapter twenty and the last few chapters. Oh, that ending was spectacular! 👇
This is a bail for me. I just wasn‘t connecting with it this time around, but I will probably give it another chance eventually. Erdrich‘s writing is generally quite good. Under normal circumstances, I think I would have enjoyed this. Perhaps because this is a prequel and I haven‘t read Love Medicine, or perhaps because of the magical realism elements which made me feel a bit distant from the characters, I just wasn‘t feeling it.
#catsoflitsy
I read a lot of mystery/crime fiction and it can start to feel exploitative, especially when the victims are BIPOC and the authors are white. Lillie is a Cherokee citizen, as is the main character here. This is a well written mystery centered around missing and murdered Indigenous women in a small Oklahoma town. There‘s more to it, of course, but no spoilers here. I‘m definitely interested in reading more of Lillie‘s work.
I didn't plan on reading this...I collect American Indigenous (and Canadian Aboriginal) books and authors (fictional and nonfiction), yet I don't always have the courage to read them.
It is difficult for me to explain. I best try now that I've mentioned this...
I've become squeamish over the years when it comes to graphic scenes and certain sensitive subjects. I prefer quick facts, not detailed.
With Native books, these feelings intensify. 👇
It‘s been a struggle to stick with anything this past week. Nothing is holding my interest so I‘m just not reading much. I‘m hoping to change that by bailing on my #bookspin, since it‘s getting all “hidden/forbidden relationship” angsty and I wanted to supernatural, isolated setting, high body count, not angst, so I‘m mad at it. 😂 Fingers crossed that the tagged book grabs my attention and doesn‘t let go.