Sollace Hotze
Teoksen A Circle Unbroken tekijä
Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Sukupuoli
- female
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Palkinnot
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 5
- Jäseniä
- 98
- Suosituimmuussija
- #193,038
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.1
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 4
- ISBN:t
- 9
- Kielet
- 2
To be honest, this is the kind of book I would have loved at like age 10, and probably read repeatedly. As an adult, I can see it's problematic on many levels. I was relieved that it didn't go for the "Indians are bad, white Christian man is good" binary; both societies are depicted with nuance, with good and bad people in each. That said, the depictions of the Native Americans feel... like they were derived from watching a lot of westerns.
Considering the simplistic prose and middle grade presentation of the book, I was startled that the book mentioned Rachel getting raped repeatedly at age 10, and that another character is also raped and impregnated, and it was all described in a way that was very victim-blaming that was never challenged. As historically-accurate as that is, it also makes me cringe because I would have (and did) internalize that kind of stuff as a kid.
The villain of the piece, Rachel's father, feels like a stock character. His actions at the end don't feel like they fit at all. The hopeful ending feels shoe-horned in.
Even by 1980s standards, this feels like hack-level historical fiction for the juvenile market.… (lisätietoja)