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Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
3.0
dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Indian Killer is a big book of characterizations of what it means to be Indian, entitled white people, white people obsessed with Indians and Indian’s not liking white people. I am only using the word Indian because that is what is used in the book.  It is from 1996. This book is entirely too long and the payoff was not there for me. I just wanted to get through it to find who the killer was.  There seems to be a supernatural element that I didn’t expect that completely threw me off.  I hated many of the characters (sh*tty white people) that go out of their way to either abuse native culture for their own gain or target natives as an excuse for rage.  And Truck can kick rocks. I enjoyed the descriptions of Seattle. Accurate nostalgia. Overall, good writing, but was a big book of psychological profiling.