A special book (2008-11-25)
I first read this book my junior year in high school and was completely captivated by the imagery. I found myself thinking about it long after I had turned the last page. One of my favorite portions of the book reads, "We sit alone. The sun falls down the side of the world and the hill goes dark. Her hand grows thick and fevered, heavy in my own, and I don't want her, but I want her, and I cannot let go."

Years later, I have just finished rereading this book for the fifth time and I still love it: it still sucks me in and I'm swept away into Erdrich's world, her flawed characters move me, each person has a story that is unique and contributes in some way to the whole. I truly love this book and highly recommend it. On the short list of one of my all-time favorites.

An unfortunate book (2008-10-22)
First off, let me say that I might have liked this book better if I had not read other books by this same author. The problem is that, to me, they all seem the same. I see plot elements reused from title to title, and within the story itself. Even if I hadn't read other books from this author, I would be hard pressed to give this a positive review. Like others here have mentioned, it jumps around so much, it almost makes you nauseated, and not just from character to character, the story is not even written with anything even vaguely resembling chronological order. It jumps back forth from decade to decade in an almost humorous manner. Also, you'll find yourself flipping to the family tree at the beginning of the book constantly in a likely futile attempt to figure out how all the seemingly random characters tie together.

In conclusion, the potential value of this story and the morals that it is meant to portray are largely lost in its random construction and nearly cliche plot elements.

Erdrich (2008-04-20)
Ordered used copy for a class I was taking. It arrived promptly in the condition advertised. Great read!

I can't rate it.... (2008-02-08)
I never got this text! I ordered four books, this one has yet to be delivered to me. I have sent emails to the seller and have never gotten a response, same thing when I emailed Amazon. I did check this book out of the library to read for a class...it is an excellent Novel-I highly recommend it, just not from this seller.

One of the best writers in American History (2007-09-01)
Simply fantastic. It is a shame though, that she is not included in the canon of literary geniuses of American history. Her stories read beautifully and her artistic ability to paint a picture with words is amazing. Read all her books, they are all wonderful.