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Indlæser... Sisters of the Lost Nationaf Nick Medina
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This is a novel that deals with the current issue of Native American women going missing. The book centers at a high roller casino and resort that employs many of these young women. The central character's (Anna) young sister gets involved in some risky activities and eventually comes up missing. So, Anna tries to figure out what happened to her and others. All signs point the the eighth floor luxury suite at the resort. I liked it. ( ) First off, this book has been done a disservice by being marketed as a horror novel. Sure, it hints at horrific things done to indigenous girls and women, but there is nothing supernatural going on like the book blurb would lead you to believe. I would say it's structured more like a thriller, with multiple timelines, only that the content warning in the beginning spoils the mystery so since I knew what was going on it wasn't very thrilling. Now, that's on me, I know. I'm not a person that needs content warnings, so I really don't know why I read it, but going forward I'll do my best to skip over any warnings a book may have in the front. I also think that the timeline jumping around in a non-linear fashion is a detriment to the story being told. I found it confusing and eventually I just stopped reading the chapter headers and used context clues about whether it was before or after Grace disappeared. I did enjoy the story and believe it's an important story to be told, I just wish the execution was neater and the format was tighter. The author shows a lot of promise, and this is a competent debut. suspense fiction, with a carnivorous head of tribal lore possibly also on the prowl (author of indigenous heritage) CW/TW: some bloody gore, potential sex trafficking, potential rape/assault, merciless homophobic/trans bullying, meth use/addiction. A two-spirit/NB/trans teen (mercilessly bullied at school) begins to suspect local disappearances of Rez girls are tied to the casino/hotel where she works when her little sister disappears. Great suspense, with some of the unique political complications (and barriers to justice for crimes against Indians and Indian women) on Indian land provided through the story See also: Melissa Chadburn's A Tiny Upward Shove about Filipinx girls disappearing but fighting back with supernatural help in BC Canada. Angeline Boulley's award-winning novel, ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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