The Plague of Doves

Really amazing writing. The story jumps around in time, which I usually find to be a style I don't like. But in this book, it is interesting and creates a feeling of putting together a puzzle which you finally solve at the end.

At first, a confounding dream. Difficult to get through, lots of information to absorb. Then, somewhere in the middle, it arrested me. I found myself reading it at the kitchen table and not having the slightest idea what time it was when I would close the book and have to take a breath. And in the end, when the questions got answered, I felt myself gasp. I'm not sure if I'll remember anything specific from this book; but I will remember that arresting feeling.

This is the second book I've read by Erdrich. I liked the Painted Drum better. I have this on my Kindle and I tend to have larger gaps of time between reading on it. Hard to keep track of the many characters and moving forward and back in time.