Ceremony

Worth a re-read

I had a difficult time with this book at first because there is no transition when moving from character to character or past to present. I became frustrated and wanted to write it off, but I didn't and I am glad. I realized that this book is different than the average novel of today because it emulates the ancient storytelling traditions of the native american culture while having to manipulate them into the literary standards of today. Since these cultures are as different as they are, this can be a difficult task, so I opened my mind and listened again and what I got from the story is a connection to the pulse of life around me - something I never felt when reading King, Koontz, or Grisham.

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Interesting

I read this book for a class. It is not something I would normally read and I had a hard time getting into the story. The story moves around and it's often difficult to to track of whether the main character is dreaming and reliving things from his past or if the things are happening in real time. This novel is also filled with symbolism and metaphors, so if you are looking for a straightforward story this is not the novel for you. It was interesting and caused a lot of thought on my part regarding the struggle and loss the Indian tribes of this nation suffered and are still dealing with today.

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Great Read

Takes the reader to a different level of understanding for contemporary native american life, the struggle and the blessing.

Story was good, Audiobook was out of order

This was a good read. I read it for AP Literature and I enjoyed it. The audiobook helped me to comprehend what was happening. However, for some reason, the audiobook was out of order. This may be because there are no actual chapters in the book, but the mistake is that the beginning of the book is in "Chapter 6" in the audiobook. For a book with such disjointed storytelling to begin with (a part of conveying the PTSD that Tayo is suffering from) this is super confusing and stressed me out as I was trying to finish the book by the deadline. I hope this issue is fixed because it really is a good book.

Creative, Creative, Creative!

This book has magic in it. I am more awake in the world now- seeing the world through fresh eyes. Beautiful, devastating, and ultimately healing. Well written and read!

great book

Wonderful read and listen. Had it for a school project. Recommended read. Confusing at first but falls together to make sense.

AMIN Assignment Also

I love the secret connections, hints and subtle patterns that string along the whole story. This story makes you really think. How the events and feelings the main character encounters mirrors true events in history

Confusing

I hated this book. I loved the man who read the book but the writing was a mess. The way the book jumps from flashback to flashback just makes the story confusing and difficult.

3 of 6 people found this review helpful

not a very interesting book

I had to read this book for school and it was very boring. I tried to speed the book up by 2.5 and 3x the speed but audible would only let me speed it up by 2. I was very upset because I wanted it to go by faster and audible should not have options to speed the book up by 2.5/3 if it doesn't even work. I am very disappointed.

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Unlistenable Performance

My story rating is a guess because I can't listen to the narration. I still long to experience this book and I will buy a copy for visual reading after returning this. The narration here is so awful--obnoxiously overly polished and enunciated like the voice of a game show announcer. It's distracting to the point I can't even experience the story. I think I've encountered this guy before and I honestly just can't...I'll keep an eye out and avoid his narration in the future.

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