Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

18 reviews

krispy_reading's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Very atmospheric writing. Characters dealing with “dominos falling one by one” type plot. 

Wonderful storytelling. I would recommend the audiobook so you can hear the spoken native language in some dialogue scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Cursing

Moderate: Racism, Blood, Animal death, Alcohol, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

megj23's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Murder

cait's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Xenophobia, Murder, Racism, Blood, Animal death, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Violence

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Overall a solid, atmospheric read. I would def read more from this author.
It was overall quick, but for me, slow to start. I loved the premise and loved the way the dreams people had foreshadowed the story throughout. Also enjoyed the focus on how a First Nations community dealt with an apocalyptic situation since we usually get big city, white people POVs. 
I wish we had a little bit more on the motivation of the first stranger arriving at the community and how the community dealt with the aftermath. But I did enjoy the focus on community traditions and the social commentary about how first nation's/indigenous peoples are treated today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

agnesa_ast's review

dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

WOW loved this book. with focus on an indigenous society and how white culture quickly breaks down their community, it is an incredible read through a dystopian lens.

the plot twist of justin scott being cannibal was such a poetic representation of how assimilation worked in the past/present - it would literally feed and eat away indigenous culture. CHILLS.

love love love 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Colonisation, and Violence

Minor: Cursing

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

 - MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW is a slow build, a book that evokes the feeling of rising panic and attempts to tamp it down. The dawning horror as you realize what's going on is perfect.
- I picked this up because I saw it categorized as "speculative fiction," and really, it's only infinitesimally removed from our reality. The community in the book deals with many issues real life Native communities deal with, and the storytelling woven into the book really highlighted that as well.
- I listened to this on audio and highly recommend that if you're an audiobook person. It's read by Billy Merasty, an actor of Cree descent, and he really makes you feel like you're right there in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Grief, Colonisation, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

amnda527's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

hmatt's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

(Really jumping in to those half-star ratings in 2021...)

To say I enjoyed this book feels strange because of its theme. It's a good book. It's got a lot to say and it says it very succinctly... maybe too succinctly.  I wish it were slightly longer: I wanted to get to know the main characters more deeply and I felt like time jumped forward too fast in Part 2. The writing is very matter-of-fact, even when its describing the POV character's strong emotions. More "in between the action" moments wouldn't have gone amiss in my opinion.

I felt that the inclusion of the Wendigo added a lot to the story, but I didn't catch on to it until I was told in the acknowledgements.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Racism, Grief, and Cannibalism