This in no way makes it less funny, or less sad. Here’s one of my favorite things about the book: almost everything that makes you laugh is also heartbreaking. And for YA that everyone’s been raving about. Plus I’m not the hugest fan of short stories. But I didn’t go out and gobble up all this other books. Put it next to Plato’s Republic and it was pretty damn exciting. I kinda got on the Sherman Alexie bandwagon, as an undergrad, when all freshmen were required to read his The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven. I still think the book is fantastic, but I don't think the same of its author, and I can't promote his writing with any enthusiasm. 2018 update - with all of the women coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment from Alexie, I'm no longer comfortable with the glowing review I originally wrote.
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