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Title: Poorly written and unifaceted
Review: I was assigned this book in conjunction with a unit in my religion class about Native American religions. The author is a poor writer, with confusingly structured sentences and paragraphs whose content seems to repeat itself many times. He had very few points throughout the entire book, limited mostly to just saying that the Penitentes find sacredness in the things around them and in charity. If you know that, you know the essence of this book. It's a short read at only 79 pages (certainly not worth $18) but I could barely make it through, noting in the margins things like "This book is awful" and "Charity, prayers, charity, prayers, charity, prayers," because he rarely mentions anything else.I was intrigued by the prospect of this book but found it entirely disappointing. I'm sorry I wasted my time.
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