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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.
- 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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Grief, Colonisation, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, and Violence
mayacatherinecreative's review
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Alcohol, and Animal death
Moderate: Cannibalism
Minor: Genocide
gitli57's review
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
3.75
If you enjoyed Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves or Cormac McCarthy's The Road, you will probably want to check out Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Crusted Snow. For Rice's well written speculative vision, the setting is a small, isolated Anishinaabeg First Nations community in northern Ontario. It starts out as a very effective slow burn that generates a fair amount of tension while developing a set of characters we can actually care about. And Rice is insightful about culture, emotion and human nature.
For me, the last part of the book felt a little predictable. Also, the pacing became rushed and compressed, probably by design. But at just over 200 pages, it felt too short. It left me wanting a bit more. That's all I can say without spoilers.
Still, it was an engaging first novel and I look forward to whatever Waubgeshig Rice does next.
Content warning for a few scenes of graphic violence and alcohol use
For me, the last part of the book felt a little predictable. Also, the pacing became rushed and compressed, probably by design. But at just over 200 pages, it felt too short. It left me wanting a bit more. That's all I can say without spoilers.
Still, it was an engaging first novel and I look forward to whatever Waubgeshig Rice does next.
Content warning for a few scenes of graphic violence and alcohol use
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Gun violence
Minor: Alcohol
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