The Pros And Cons Of Mary Brave Bird

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Recommended: Cultural issues between native Americans and the white man

This book was filled with many personal stories and information, but was not quite captivating. I found my mind wondering off in different directions while reading the story. Every chapter was set up the same way, without a change of pace, which was rather boring.

Although the book was rather uninteresting, I did learn quite a bit about the hardships the Sioux Indians faced. The book is based around Mary Brave Bird, a half-blood Sioux Indian who is trying to find her place in America, and among her fellow Indians. Reading the book was definitely a new way to learn about this time in history for Indians, it had its advantages and disadvantages. For starter, Mary would share stories of her friends that she made, but she would go so far into detail that you almost forget what you were reading about. You could go on reading for pages and pages of details that were unnecessary, this made it hard to find the main idea of the story. Quite often, you would go on to read of things that are not appropriate for young readers, and some gruesome things that happened. I know that these details might be important to get the point across, but in my opinion, they were a little overstated.

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It wasn’t like a regular book that has adventures, romance, and a captivating theme that makes you want to flip the page and keep reading till the end. I’m not going to lie, this book did have a romance and adventure in it, but it wasn’t the made up thrilling type, it was more of the truth, the unexciting truth that is real life. Lakota Woman was based more on fact than fiction, I guess that’s why I was so uninterested. In conclusion, I would not recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good read, but if you are interested in reading for more of fact than fiction, this might be the book for

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