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A review by sarah984
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It's hard to know what to say about this book. It feels like I read it at the perfect time. A lot of heavy content is covered (incarceration, identity, reckoning with historic violence, as well as the events of 2020 as they occurred in Minneapolis) but the tone is hopeful overall. Despite some of the strange situations the characters feel grounded and real, and their conversations gave me lots of food for thought. I did think some of the stuff with the niece felt a bit unnecessary but overall fantastic book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Colonisation
This book deals with the events of 2020 (particularly the pandemic and the George Floyd protests) in significant detail.
There are also several scenes involving the mistreatment of human remains that I'm not sure how to warn for.