Sisters of the Lost Nation
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Named a Most Anticipated Book by Barnes and Noble ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ GoodReads ∙ Book Riot ∙ CrimeReads ∙ Ms. Magazine ∙ SheReads ∙ Amazon Editor's Pick ∙ Tor.com ∙ and more! A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself, in this atmospheric and stunningly poignant debut. Anna Horn is always looking over her shoulder. For the bullies who torment her, for the entitled visitors at the reservation's casino...and for the nameless, disembodied entity that stalks her every step--an ancient tribal myth come-to-life, one that's intent on devouring her whole. With strange and sinister happenings occurring around the casino, Anna starts to suspect that not all the horrors on the reservation are old. As girls begin to go missing and the tribe scrambles to find answers, Anna struggles with her place on the rez, desperately searching for the key she's sure lies in the legends of her tribe's past. When Anna's own little sister also disappears, she'll do anything to bring Grace home. But the demons plaguing the reservation--both ancient and new--are strong, and sometimes, it's the stories that never get told that are the most important. Part gripping thriller and part mythological horror, author Nick Medina spins an incisive and timely novel of life as an outcast, the cost of forgetting tradition, and the courage it takes to become who you were always meant to be.
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This was hard for me to get into, forced myself to finish because I was reading it in a book club. The hard truths though about native Americans and how badly they are disregarded
I had higher hopes for this novel as the indigenous culture is often mislooked and the blind eye society takes to the missing people of the reserves is tragedic. Instead, the bouncing around of the timeline and the rush at the end to the explaination of the mystery left me torn and confused on whether I would really recommend this book or ever suggest it to others.
Content warning for sexual violence, kidnapping, murder, abuse, domestic and interpersonal violence, bullying, manipulation, body horror, and related topics. I really liked this novel. The characters are so strong and the setting is really well done. I liked the different familial relationships that we see, the sisters, the siblings, with grandma. What threw me off was the shifting between past and present, it was pretty confusing and hard to tel...read more
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