Review of Bone Necklace
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Review of Bone Necklace
[Following is a volunteer review of "Bone Necklace" by Julia Sullivan.]
This book is historical fiction from the era of American history known as the Indian Wars. Specifically, the war it details was between General Sherman and the Nez Perce people in Idaho, Yellowstone National Park, Canada, and Montana. As well as the graphic war story, there is the story of how people live out their true beliefs, how those beliefs can change as we mature, and the consequences that we can suffer by living authentically. Jack lost his mother and his dearest friend at a young age. His father deposited him in an orphanage until adulthood, then taught him to lie and drink. Jack grew up to identify his father as a towering figure of a man and himself as a wounded alcoholic. They went to war together as civilian volunteers.
The other principal characters were the generals, the soldiers, and the Nez Perce with their expected traits. Generals are ego-driven, patriotic, and resourceful. Soldiers are cowardly or slain. The Nez Perce were more differentiated characters with robust familial relationships, exemplary chiefs, and brave warriors. Some of the characterizations were cardboard, but Julia Sullivan managed the large cast of characters in Bone Necklace well.
The best and worst of the story were the same. American expansion was accomplished through racism and colonialism. The book details how the generals talked to the President and the newspapers represented to everyone else the nation’s need to extinguish the Nez Perce. After the war of secession, followed by the era of Reconstruction, with a standing army, the U.S. turned to the West to impose law and order.
The way the Army handled the Nez Perce was painfully hard to read. It was shameful. This book accomplished an excellent job of showing the arrogance, pridefulness, unfairness, misery, and bigotry of these Indian Wars. Thus the best and the worst, a marvelous adventure story told about an infamous time in our country’s history.
The characters in their relationships and the cultures at war were interwoven remarkably well. I rate Bone Necklace five out of five stars. It was professionally produced with no noticeable spelling or punctuation errors. I could not deduct a point. After all, it presented a disgraceful period written as the most engaging sort of history, stories of the historical people who experienced it. Anyone who likes American history of the frontier will want to read this book. Profanity and sexuality are minimal and would only be inappropriate for juvenile readers.
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This book is historical fiction from the era of American history known as the Indian Wars. Specifically, the war it details was between General Sherman and the Nez Perce people in Idaho, Yellowstone National Park, Canada, and Montana. As well as the graphic war story, there is the story of how people live out their true beliefs, how those beliefs can change as we mature, and the consequences that we can suffer by living authentically. Jack lost his mother and his dearest friend at a young age. His father deposited him in an orphanage until adulthood, then taught him to lie and drink. Jack grew up to identify his father as a towering figure of a man and himself as a wounded alcoholic. They went to war together as civilian volunteers.
The other principal characters were the generals, the soldiers, and the Nez Perce with their expected traits. Generals are ego-driven, patriotic, and resourceful. Soldiers are cowardly or slain. The Nez Perce were more differentiated characters with robust familial relationships, exemplary chiefs, and brave warriors. Some of the characterizations were cardboard, but Julia Sullivan managed the large cast of characters in Bone Necklace well.
The best and worst of the story were the same. American expansion was accomplished through racism and colonialism. The book details how the generals talked to the President and the newspapers represented to everyone else the nation’s need to extinguish the Nez Perce. After the war of secession, followed by the era of Reconstruction, with a standing army, the U.S. turned to the West to impose law and order.
The way the Army handled the Nez Perce was painfully hard to read. It was shameful. This book accomplished an excellent job of showing the arrogance, pridefulness, unfairness, misery, and bigotry of these Indian Wars. Thus the best and the worst, a marvelous adventure story told about an infamous time in our country’s history.
The characters in their relationships and the cultures at war were interwoven remarkably well. I rate Bone Necklace five out of five stars. It was professionally produced with no noticeable spelling or punctuation errors. I could not deduct a point. After all, it presented a disgraceful period written as the most engaging sort of history, stories of the historical people who experienced it. Anyone who likes American history of the frontier will want to read this book. Profanity and sexuality are minimal and would only be inappropriate for juvenile readers.
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This book seems like something I would definitely read! It's compelling and educational. There's a lot of information about our history that I can grasp from it. Thanks for the review!
