by Sherman Alexie
"Call me Zits. Everybody calls me Zits. That's not my real name, of course. My real name isn't important." Part of the experience of reading is, no doubt, influenced by more than the book itself. Just as the story or atmosphere can transport the reader into a different reality, the circumstances o...
I thought this book was fantastic. It goes to some very intense emotional places, though, and there was a lot of harm done to children in this book. I typically avoid books like that like the Plague. In this case, though, that harm was not meant as entertainment. It was central to the main charac...
It really had some huge thought provoking moments
Torn between a 3 or 4. I need to think about this.
I heard someone at the library refer to this book as Alexie's best, but though it's only the second book of his that I have read, I did not like it as I liked The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The book read like it was rushed when written and the characters weren't very developed. May...
Absolutely wonderful book. I listened to the audiobook and loved it. You will laugh, cry and look at the world and all its people in a much different light. Highly recommended.
Told from the perspective of a very dislocated, long-suffering, smart-ass adolescent, Alexie's book initially--and at times throughout--can seem to echo as much as elaborate upon its narrator's sensibilities. Certain jokes fall flat on (almost-)forty-year-old ears, some insights (and the way they'r...
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