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Summary: Not just for mystery fans. . .
Review: As a reader whose interest is in the literature of the American West, rather than mystery writing, I had to be encouraged to read Tony Hillerman. And it was a happy discovery when I read "Coyote Waits." With his cast of Navajo characters, including law officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, the author introduces readers to the world of the modern-day reservation and the surviving Navajo culture in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona.The coyote of the title, from Navajo mythology, represents a darker side of human psychology, as it is understood by these Native Americans. It stands for the unexplainable destructive forces that disrupt all efforts to achieve the ideals of peace and harmony. Hillerman's understanding of Navajo customs and values, the legacy of white domination, and the complexities of law enforcement on the reservation makes the chapters of his book read like a fascinating social history. You can also read this book with a road atlas open beside you. Hillerman places the story in a real world of highways, dirt tracks, natural landmarks, and small reservation towns, with side trips to Albuquerque. The descriptions of landscapes and the play of sunlight are vivid, and there is frequent reference to the changing autumn weather. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in well-drawn characters, the American West, and Native American culture and life.
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Summary: Not just for mystery fans. . .
Review: As a reader whose interest is in the literature of the American West, rather than mystery writing, I had to be encouraged to read Tony Hillerman. And it was a happy discovery when I read "Coyote Waits." With his cast of Navajo characters, including law officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, the author introduces readers to the world of the modern-day reservation and the surviving Navajo culture in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona. The coyote of the title, from Navajo mythology, represents a darker side of human psychology, as it is understood by these Native Americans. It stands for the unexplainable destructive forces that disrupt all efforts to achieve the ideals of peace and harmony. Hillerman's understanding of Navajo customs and values, the legacy of white domination, and the complexities of law enforcement on the reservation makes the chapters of his book read like a fascinating social history. You can also read this book with a road atlas open beside you. Hillerman places the story in a real world of highways, dirt tracks, natural landmarks, and small reservation towns, with side trips to Albuquerque. The descriptions of landscapes and the play of sunlight are vivid, and there is frequent reference to the changing autumn weather. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in well-drawn characters, the American West, and Native American culture and life.
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Summary: Beautiful blend of cultures and history!
Review: Coyote Waits take us beyond the Trickster' disguise and faces us with the response in nature to men's choices and actions. Tony strips away the cultural cloaking (denial) of our place in Nature, and ours/Natures response ability. He is becoming more than an enjoyable writer, he is evolving our understanding of our Nature.
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Summary: 100%
Review: I enjoy all written words of Tony Hillerman!
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Summary: Coyote Waits
Review: I enjoyed reading the book Coyote Waits, by Tony Hillerman. This book got me into it right from the beginning.This book has suspense, mystery, action, and a little bit of history. Coyote Waits starts out a little boring, but gets to the story pretty fast within the end of the first chapter. This book had good vocabulary and some foreshawdoing. Over all i enjoyed reading this book and i give it four stars.
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Summary: Good book, good movie
Review: I have never been partial to mysteries, but I love Tony Hillerman's Navajo themed books. I first saw the movie version of Coyote Waits on PBS, then I just had to read the series. It makes me miss Arizona, where I have adoptive family at the Hopi Reservation.
Wonderful and exciting stories.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: I have read about 80% of Tony Hillerman's novels dealing with Jim Chee and Lt. Leaphorn and have not come across a bad book yet. I think perhaps my problem here is that was an older novel and I have read many of the newer ones first, so it's like going back in time to view the characters at an earlier date. With this in mind, I think that Tony Hillerman has definently improved over the course of his novels as Coyote Waits, though a good read, is not as evidently mature as his later titles. A few sub plots could have been a bit stronger, but the overall story was entertaining. Read this one in chronological order to the others and you won't be disapointed.
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Summary: Worst novel I have ever read.
Review: I really don't know why this novel is bestselling.
The content is very irritating and ridiculous. Even though I should agree that this novel is a good mixture of a detective novel and a introduction of Navajo culture, why the author used so much negative stuff to introduce Navajo culture? He could have written a happy novel about Navajo. Also everything is kept in suspense till the very end of the story and it turns out that there's no unexpected twist or deep story. Don't waste time, there are so many other novels that worth paying money for. Don't misinterpret that the best selling novel is the best novel.
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Summary: this book blew goats
Review: i think this book had no point.I thought i would never en
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Summary: This book kept my interest the whole time I read it.
Review: I thought the subject was facinating and very interesting. It gives you a look at another way of thinking and another way to live. After reading any of Tony Hillerman's books, I find myself wanting to go and see the American Southwest.
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