Emily Magnus's Reviews > Wandering Stars

Sad book alert. Follows family lineage and genealogies of Indian heritage, colonialism, substance abuse, etc. I knew it was gonna be a doozy character wise when they had a family tree at the beginning. I particularly was struck by how Indian folks identified as invisible because of their existence and culture being wiped out of the picture. Insane how people “survive” and what they have to do to simply keep moving forward. I wished there was more elaboration on specific stories and characters

QOTB: “But surviving wasn’t enough. To endure or pass through endurance test after endurance test only ever gave you endurance test passing abilities. Simply lasting was great for a wall, for a fortress, but not for a person.”