When I first was given the book to review I was intrigued by
the idea of the ghost town setting. Being a mom of a 4 year old boy I have
watched the movie Cars hundreds of times and the book seemed to me like a human
version of Radiator Springs.
I liked a few things about this book. First, I really enjoyed
how the author Dirk Harman described the settings. It was very much like an
artist painting a picture. I love when an author can write something that
makes you feel like you are walking the streets of the world they create.
He also does a great job weaving the characters into the
other stories as background characters and supporting characters. It helped me,
as the reader, get the sense of the small town community. I felt the small town
setting came across as authentic.
The only thing that really bothered me was the last story
and it wasn’t the character or the wrap up. It was a few run on sentences that
made the story hard to read. I stumbled a few times before finally getting
through that particular story.
Lastly, I liked that little piece of America that Dirk
Harman shows in this novel. It made me wonder what other gems of stories are
out in the middle of no where in our country. I would recommend Natives in Exile for
people looking for a touch of small town life that seems almost like a
different time and place than the modern world.
Buy Natives in Exile at Amazon
available formats: ebook and print (184 pages)
published: August 2015 by iCrew Digital Productions
ISBN13: 978-0692494585
genres: Literary Fiction, Native Americans
source: publisher
read: August 2015
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