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A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Read and discuss the Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller now ahead of Tommy Orange’s highly anticipated follow-up Wandering Stars hits bookstores in 2024.
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Written well but depressing. A perspective into what it means to be an urban Native American in the present day, something I didn’t know anything about.
ok i just reread almost all of this because the first time through i kept getting confused. there’s no central narrator and i kept getting different characters mixed up, which made the story’s emphasis on identity hard to absorb. this time through i tried to really remember each person’s background (i have a lot of trouble with mixed pov when i’m reading) and i think i got more out of it. the writing itself is nice so rereading it wasn’t a chore at all. still don’t feel like i Get It though… and it’s gotten so many glowing reviews i feel like that’s my fault and not the book’s
It took me a while to return to this book but after the first few chapters, everything started to make sense. Not all 12 characters are fully developed but the ones that had more chapters were really interesting to read. I especially like the three brothers of Loother, Lony, and Orvil. I like how everyone is connected in someway leading up to the pow wow. I also like how Tommy Orange wrote himself into the book as Dene Oxendene, also wanting to tell Native stories through an unfiltered lens. 5/5 recommend to anyone who wants to read more about Native experiences.
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