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Summary: Moving
Review: This is one of my all time favorite books, the characters are all so strange, and yet they feel like family. There is this wonderful web of chance, love and magic that flows through the whole book. Each time I read Love Medicine I find myself longing for some of Erdrich's magic in my life. Her characters suffer and love and hate with all the feeling they have, they do not have an easy road, but some how it all feels true.
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Summary: For a 14 year old mixed-blood Chippewa, I loved this story!
Review: I am but only a 14 year old girl and currently read the whole "Tracks" series. I read before this a review that criticized the whole series; it was written by a 16 year old girl who was forced to read it. In my class, we were asked to find a book that has a Native American theme to it, and after carefull consideration, I chose to read this peice after hearing great praise of the author, Louise Erdrich, from my literature teacher. It is indeed a challenging peice of literature, but I found it unique. Its constant changing of narrators leaves you wanting to read and find out what happens to all of the charaters in the end. I first read "Tracks," and I was fascinated with the character Fleur Pillager, she is the type of person that I see in myself, the kind that I would like to play in a movie. She is seen in two narrative forms throughout the book. The first, Nanapush, is a spirtual man whom has a wild heart, and a love for woman. The second is the ignored Pauline, whom is jealous and sick. Fluer is described by Nanapush as a wild-hearted woman who does what she can to survive. Pauline sees her with eyes of jealousy, and sees her as compition for men, and attention period. This novel is the tragic tale of these characters and there life on the Chippewa reservation. Having Chippewa blood myself, I believe that this novel is an accurate account of what happened long ago to the Native Americans, and if all eles, it is a good read. But I must warn you, you must have some intelegence to read this book, for to say the truth, it is one of the harder peices of literature that I read.
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Summary: Love Medicine
Review: I was required to read this book for 11th grade honors english. I didn't really enjoy it very much, it was not a book i would choose to read myself. Yes, the style of writing was very well done, but the book itself was drawn out and uninteresting. There are so many differnt characters that you never get a chance to get emotionaly involed with any of them. You should have seen the family tree our class made, it was twice as big as my own. If you do happen to read this book i would recomend to take notes. But on the other hand i would never recomend this book to anyone. It didn't give me the feeling of what it was like to live as an native american. They might as well have been living in LA. Personaly, I am upset that i had to read this for school because i got nothing out of it except for a few good inside jokes i have with my friends. But this review is comming from the view point of a 16- year old high school student, and my 20-something teacher seemed to enjoy this book so, thats all i have to say.
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Summary: Tender stories, Beautiful prose
Review: In the beginning, I had to discipline myself to read this book because the subject and the landscape was so foreign to my own experience. But soon after, I was swept by the drama, the characters and the beautiful writing of this novel. The author masterfully and imaginatively transports the reader to the scenes so that you feel that you are there. As there are multiple characters in this multi-generational story, the reader sees the same stories and incidents, but interpreted from different points of view. It is especially a great eye-opener for anyone interested in the Native American community.
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Summary: The Plunge of the Brave
Review: Native Americans have not been treated well in fiction. Too often, authors merely fall back on old stereotypes (such as Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales), but authors also risk the danger of reverse racism, in which a minority group is portrayed as so noble and godlike that they insult the human traits of the group (Dances With Wolves, for example). A realistic portrait of Native Americans is desperately needed, and Louise Erdrich fills this void impressively.This is a deep, complicated book, encompassing many years and characters, jumping back and forth through time, alternating viewpoints with every chapter. Faulknerian in scope, the book is also blessed with a rich sense of humor, which lightens the mood and rounds out the characters. Yes, these people suffer in the book, and the plight of reservation life is presented without romance or any softening of the blow. Yet we laugh as much as we cry throughout "Love Medicine," because Erdrich is a gifted enough author to replace pathos with witty perserverence. This book requires patience and time, but has rich rewards. For an uplifting look at Native American life, and an insightful view on human nature in general, try Louise Erdrich.
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Summary: Journal
Review: Love Medicine is an eloquently written story which helps us understand life on a reservation and, more importantly, that it is love that keeps the family together. It is very helpful that the novel is written in a way as to let the reader examine and relate to each character on a individual basis. Although the characters are presented individually, all of the stories intertwine allowing the audience to experience the families on a personal level. Although the book moves slowly in certain areas, overall it is an emotionally interesting book.
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Summary: ?
Review: Love Medicine is one of those books that really revolves around the theme of "family." The storyline is basically about a Native American family that is shunned by society and forced to move onto a reservation by themsleves. Each chapter pretty much deals with a story for every family member, and thus gives a more personal understanding to the reader for each character's point of view. The book itself wasn't all that bad, some stories went by a lot quicker than others.
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Summary: Love Medicine: Journal #8
Review: Louise Erdrich makes a poignant point in her novel, Love Medicine. Each of the disjointed vignettes serves to further separate the family into individuals connected only by nature. Allthough this may be disheartening to us, it rings true with a majority of families. However bitter her message be, it is delivered in a prose reminisent of poetry. A delight to read, your heart will twist right along with it.
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Summary: CSU Pomona ENG 105-23
Review: The Love Medicine is set on the American Indian lifestyle. It makes you wonder why these characters in the book had to live their life like that. I love almost every story about Native Americans but this novel showed the "real" side of their life and how they must cope with their problems. The novel was sometimes confusing, especially with all the characters and the many relationships going on. You must be very openminded to read this book and must appreciate the Navite American culture. This novel was good but not the best that I have read.
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Summary: ENG 105 #18
Review: I thought this book was a list of examples on how Native American lived during that period of time. I like to keep things clear in my mind as I read on in a novel, I find it VERY confusing to keep the family members "cleared" as I read. Struggles between friends, family, and lovers makes this book a 3 star in my view. I find it hard to believe that some can actually live like the way she described in her book. Overall if you like to read about complicated family, friend, and love "relationships" I would recommand this book to you, I didn't however, find it too amusing to read this book.
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