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The differences are worked so well together one can read over them without thinking twice about it.

Contrasting different themes and ideas and then connecting them in similar fashion is one thing Reservation Blues does very well and exhibits this in its discussion on spirituality. In contrast to Christianity the reader is presented with a maternal figure whose spiritual teachings come through music. This was a very interesting blend of Jesus breaking the loaves in The Gospel of Mark, and what Alexie would surely call Indian practicality. “’Creator help me, I have only a hundred pieces of fry bread to feed two hundred people.’ Big Mom held that flat bread tightly in her huge hands and then tore it into halves” (302). Throughout the book it is made more and more obvious that Big Mom is a God figure. The reader is introduced very early in the book to Big Mom, a large Indian woman who transcends time. The Big Mom is one character that puts an fascinating twist on the whole spiritual aspect of the book and that is.

One of the motifs in Reservation Blues was religion, and how Indian traditional spirituality can meld together with conventional Christianity.Conversely, Reservation Blues was a little too much of an enigma as far as theme and plot line go for me to really get into it. On one hand I enjoyed reading a story about a place I know and with interesting situations and characters. Reading Reservations Blues was an interesting experience.A word to the wise, this review does contain spoilers. I hope you find this review helpful and thoughtful. This is an amazing book filled with whimsy and serious discussion. It’s sad that this book is not better known. I keep coming back to this book because Spokane is so close to home and the central themes this book presents are centralized on place, which is something that matters to me. Here is some thoughts on Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.