118 reviews for:

Crow Winter

Karen McBride

3.96 AVERAGE

emmariana97's review against another edition

5.0

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Karen McBride's debut novel is absolutely stunning in both its prose and exploration of grief. She does a masterful job of balancing multiple heavy themes while maintaining a light and humorous tone. I recommend this enough!!!

leyza052's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ksaucebot's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

danidellandrea's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

kaydie96's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5/5. I adored McBride’s take on Nanabush, and the dynamics between characters were great. She really did a seamless job weaving traditional stories with modern issues and universal themes like grief. I’m really glad I found this book ❤️

readingindreams's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

read_nap_repeat's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

adrigodebison's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Really liked the plot of the book and the background (the blend of the spiritual and "real" world), and there were some beautiful descriptions of the characters' home and how they felt about the land. My only issue was with the dialogue (it felt a bit ... unrealistic, and many times used too much for exposition), but this is a first novel after all! All in all, I would recommend this book.

chelseagauthier9's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5

megane's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes