Shadow Tag

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich

My rating: 4 of 5 stars
What a fantastic idea, what a sloppy deliverance.Premise: a wife of a famous Native American painter realizes that her husband reads her diary and uses it to manipulate him by writing things she wants him to read.It's a dysfunctional marriage and she wants out of it, while he wants to keep the family together by all means. Unfortunately, the story lacks a really strong reason why she wants to break out. Both main characters are unlikable and I found it really difficult to cheer for either side. By the end, it all became a sick game with no possible solution.The reason I gave 4 stars, beside the promising, though unfulfilled idea, is the ending. It is so surprising that it changed my, until then mostly negative, impression of the book.

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