RaveThe Cleveland Plain DealerErdrich interweaves the story of Joe's crusade with his grandfather's memories of surviving a lynching, and tales of the boy who met the buffalo spirit in his struggle to save his mother from the evil wiindigoo spirit. These parallel stories let Erdrich highlight the intersection of traditional and Catholic spiritualities, ideas of sin and retribution and her recurring theme of family … [The Round House] reasserts the primacy of parents' love for their children, and children's fierce desire to protect their parents.
