the absolutely true diary of a part time indian review

There is no John Green-isms in this - Alexie has found a way to be 100% authentic to teenagers but still show how fully human and perceptive and sharp they are. It won the National Book Award, received best-book-of-the-year awards from a dozen institutions and publications, and, according to one critic, it took Alexie only one book to master the young adult novel form. As you read on, the boundaries between the two kind of blur, and it’s really a testament to Alexie that the story is so believable written from the mind of a complexly imagined 15 year old boy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is the first young adult novel by Sherman Alexie. Written in Junior’s perspective with his intradiegetic doodles, the story unfolds as a series of diary entries that sometimes paint a picture of a juvenile boy and other times betrays a deceptively insightful and critical examination of contemporary Native American life. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian may be some readers first look at life on a reservation. P, Penelope are all people we’ve met, types of people we know. The friendships and family dynamics just jump out of the page - Junior, Rowdy, Gordy Roger, Mr.

So this book was a really foreign and educational on many fronts but above all an incredibly entertaining read. A lot of the reviews describe knowing little about contemporary Native Americans and reservations - I’m obviously no expert but I’ve read a few books on the topic (including Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie), and I realized reading this that what I really really really don’t know anything about is being a teenage boy.

A bright, vivid, super fuckin’ funny contemporary novel about a teenage boy named Junior who leaves his reservation to go to a white school many miles away.

The absolutely true diary of a part time indian review