The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By: Sherman Alexie
**** stars
Disclaimer: This book is for those whose gender is male. Females may read this book if they choose, but they have been warned.
I really liked this book. It was an entertaining and eye opening book about a young boy on a reservation. The struggles and challenges that he went through were very believable and not many authors have the writing strength to properly reflect a teenage boy’s mind. Yet, Alexie has a way of portraying 14 year old Arnold Spirit’s struggle from birth into manhood in a way that’s not only funny but heart-breaking at the same time. The characters of this book not only add another layer of humor to this book but they add more dynamics and teenage problems that are generally overlooked or exaggerated: abusive or alcoholic parents, eating disorders, even social exclusion. If a young man wants to laugh, thinking, or even (God forbid) cry, then this book is for you.
2 comments:
Great review, Nick. Even though I'm not a teenaged boy, I really liked this book too. Some of the parts were laugh-out-loud funny. I can see why it won the National Book Award last year.
This is a great book with the story-line and there were many parts that were hilarious!
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