I was so looking forward to reading this after finishing my first Alexie novel, “The Absolutely True Diary,” which I thought was great. Now that I’ve finished this one, I don’t know if I want to read anything else by Alexie. He goes to a lot of trouble here to develop what is ultimately a rather shallow theme. I felt at times like I was reading a Kurt Vonnegut novel as I worked my way through the flight portion of this book. It reads like a belabored essay of random thoughts fictionalized in a Vonnegut style. I could easily believe that the author stretched out that portion of the book to meet some minimum page requirement because after a while, it really doesn’t say anything different. This one didn’t do it for me. It comes across like the work of an amateur. I’m glad to be done with it.

I felt like I could see and fell different perspectives on life. I Could feel like I was in the minds of the people. I noticed I zoned out a couple time because I was so lost in reading the book.

Love, love this book. Its full of smart in your face writing that will keep you turning the page. This book is not one you'll put down to read later. Once you start you'll have to finish. Great read. Would greatly recommend. Maybe meant for a high school audience or older since it has violence and rough language. Not for the faint of heart.

Sherman Alexie is a great author.