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Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

3 reviews

herasrevenge88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The main reason I rated this book 3.5 stars is because it is so heavy. I probably won’t read it again. I am glad that I did read it though. If you plan to read this book, just be prepared for a very sad, depressing subject matter. I tandem read this with a lighthearted romance novel to keep myself from getting too depressed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia

gitli57's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

If you read Native American and other Indigenous writers and if, like me, you especially love Louise Erdrich and/or Linda Hogan, you do not want to miss this book. If you don't usually read NDN writers but enjoy books like Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone, give this a shot.

Strong mixed blood Native women, non-stereotyped NDN characters, imaginative structure, beautifully written. I could go on. No leather and feathers here, no romanticism or facile answers, but real life and some hard truths.

I am Cherokee, read lots of fiction and poetry by Native American and other Indig writers and am always on the lookout for the next great Cherokee writer. With Crooked Hallelujah, Kelli Jo Ford fills the bill. If the book game is still in progress several generations from now, a lot of readers will have this on their classics shelf.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Drug use

beetsnotbombs's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

It was extremely difficult to keep up with family relationships and changing narrators. That made it almost impossible to connect with the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Infertility