Thank you so much to Berkley Pub for the complimentary copy of the book!
Thank you so much to PRH Audio for the complimentary audio of the book!

This book is out NOW.

"Do you think life is pain broken up by moments of happiness, or happiness interspersed with moments of pain?"

Sigh. This was such an anticipated read for me but I just felt like it just was a book not for me at this time.

This book takes place in two timelines except you don't really know its the past until you start to listen to Louie's point of view. I do wish that the book and the audiobook indicated it was in the past and the timeline (the year maybe). And the other timeline is in present day through Noemi's voice. Her timeline was much more interesting to me and it could very well be because of my struggle with the audio.

I did find the context of the text to be very interesting and I was into it but it was just so hard to stay focus with the audio to really enjoy. Yes I know I could have turned off the audio and read with solely my eyes but I didn't.

I think part of my struggle with this book was the male narrator for Louie. I just could not get into the cadence of his voice and it made me not want to keep. And then in the contrast the female narrator was excellent. I love her tone & thought it was an easy listen when she would speak.

Medina highlighted the experiences that a lot of Native Americans face with alcoholism, drug abuse and high suicide rates which I felt is important to include.

Please look at other reviews to judge if you should read this or not as I know I am not providing the best review. But I will say if you decide to read this, I recommend just reading with your eyes.

I want to go back and read Sister of the Lost Nation and will likely read his work again in the future.
I am not deterred from reading his work.