Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band*The review below is being done on a Netgalley Advanced Reader's Copy of Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band. This review is my own, and I have written it in my honest opinion.
To begin this review I do want to say how much I wish I knew about Redbone before I picked up this book. I had originally requested this book because of the premise, but I wasn't able to put two and two together about who this group was until reading their story. Redbone was a group started by two brother that were of Native American decent. They began by making names for themselves in a time when they had to pass as Mexican in order to be accepted in the music industry. To hear this is something disheartening, but unfortunately not surprising; so many injustices have come to Native Americans and even the current events at Standing Rock are mentioned in this graphic novel. As I continued reading, I felt proud that their story was being told because their history is important to hear, but the graphic novel did feel very rushed. In the beginning I didn't feel like I was introduced to who the narrator of our tale was, and I had to come to it as the story unfolded. In addition, there are so many amazing experiences that this group had, and it felt as if they were gleaned over to cover the surface of these events. Even though this graphic novel was a quick read, and I wanted more, I still felt it is a graphic novel that needs to be read and shared with others. If you are wanting to get your copy, click one of the links below: -Amazon -Barnes and Noble -Powell's
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