Review from Visual Bookshelf

Kelly told me that if I didn't cut and paste my review of this book, that he was going to hunt me down. So here it is:

I'm glad I was introduced to this book, this was something I wouldn't normally pick. On the positive, her style was what really emanated in her stories. She was able to intermingle the plight of the Native American with every day malaise. I read this for book club, but I wish that I had more time to read it. I liked picking it up and reading a short story or two everyday, learning about the brutality of the nunnery (St. Marie) or the depression of broken relationships. On the negative, she is variant in her writing style, and she wistfully magnified Northwestern life in a highly intense miasma of inorganic leisure insofar as for me to lose interest in the characters. I know, it's the malaise I must subscribe to, but for the most part, I had to take a break from the airy, discursive vibe she was creating. I tried reading Love Medicine, just to see how she expanded on the short stories, and I liked that. I think I would enjoy it more as if I lived in Argus, or even Fargo.