THIS BOOK blew me away. I knew I liked Louise Erdrich's writing style, but that's only based on The Round House, so I didn't know what to expect with The Sentence. I loved this book SO much. Tookie is one of those characters that sticks with you for a long time. Her somehow meandering AND pointed trains of thought added so much to the story. I also appreciated the nuanced way it showed Tookie's relationship with her Native identity and then how that differed from the other Native people in her life (Pollux, Louise, Asema, etc). And of course, the way that the white people in their lives (especially Flora) interacted with and stole/exploited their culture. I liked that it was very much grounded in real life events (although I can see why others might not), specifically the beginning of the pandemic and then the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. It felt like Erdrich was documenting a specific time in the community she lives and loves, and we got to come along and peek into her thoughts and meditations on the events. So in that respect, I felt like it came out at the perfect time. Just loved it!