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The Sentence
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5 stars! 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Louise Erdrich is an author I’ve been wanting to read for years. Over that time I’ve accumulated several of her novels, and finally, I’ve read one with The Sentence.
The first chapter of this novel is quite the hook. The main character, Tookie, helps her friend with a “job” you’d never expect, and that job lands her in prison. Tookie, whose birth name we don’t learn until the end of the book, is one of the most complex characters I’ve ever read. Her marriage to Pollux is equally complex, and oh how I loved Pollux’s character.
While the book is highly character-driven, the “backdrop,” which is really much more than a background, is just as strong. Set in contemporary Indigenous life in the Midwest with the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, there are bits of humor and touches of book love any bibliophile will appreciate.
Tookie works in a bookstore owned by none other than Louise Erdrich, and in that bookstore is a ghost. If I had to sum this book up in one word, it would be complex. Multi-layered relationships, characters, life events, daily life; the author truly takes her time peeling back and showing each of the layers.
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
Louise Erdrich is an author I’ve been wanting to read for years. Over that time I’ve accumulated several of her novels, and finally, I’ve read one with The Sentence.
The first chapter of this novel is quite the hook. The main character, Tookie, helps her friend with a “job” you’d never expect, and that job lands her in prison. Tookie, whose birth name we don’t learn until the end of the book, is one of the most complex characters I’ve ever read. Her marriage to Pollux is equally complex, and oh how I loved Pollux’s character.
While the book is highly character-driven, the “backdrop,” which is really much more than a background, is just as strong. Set in contemporary Indigenous life in the Midwest with the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, there are bits of humor and touches of book love any bibliophile will appreciate.
Tookie works in a bookstore owned by none other than Louise Erdrich, and in that bookstore is a ghost. If I had to sum this book up in one word, it would be complex. Multi-layered relationships, characters, life events, daily life; the author truly takes her time peeling back and showing each of the layers.
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
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November 28, 2021
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November 28, 2021
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December 17, 2021
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Dec 17, 2021 06:11AM
Fantastic review, Jennifer! Glad you loved it.
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Fabulous review Jennifer! Glad you enjoyed!💖
Fantastic review! 💖
Excellent review, Jennifer and great that you enjoyed the backdrop as well as the characters.
Another great review Jennifer!
Terrific review, Jennings fer. Loved it too.
I really enjoyed her book, The Round House, and need to read more f her. Great review Jennifer!
Jennifer, so glad you got to read this one and enjoyed it . I think you’ll love The Night Watchman, based on her grandfather and also LaRose. I’m glad that I have more of her books to read. Fantastic review.
I'm torn between starting this and Cloud Cuckoo Land. Oh no! What to do? So glad you enjoyed, Jennifer.
I'm so glad you loved this first taste of Louise Erdrich, Jennifer! While I didn't go ga-ga over this one, I have greatly appreciated her previous works and need to go back and read The Night Watchman!
Jennifer, Really Nice Review. I have this book and am so looking forward to reading it. The Night Watchman was incredible, definitely deserved the Pulitzer Prize. I also own LaRose and The Plague of Doves. She is such a rich writer and her stories so compelling, I think it is hard to go wrong with her books.
