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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Book forcening from Jen. Good post-water crisis based story (a situation that seems fairly plausible)
This was a fast & easy read, with a world and characters I was immediately sucked in by. The pacing here is wild and there are some plot points I still don’t fully understand, but I had a fun time reading this and think the action and magic were all just so fucking cool. Will definitely be picking up the next book in the series!
adventurous
dark
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:
Yes
The story intriguingly blends native American myths and beings, super powers (connected to clans), monsters killing people, and a main character who is a bad-ass slayer of monsters with abandonment issues, a background of grief and loss, and fears of becoming herself the monster, who reluctantly joins forces with a charming healer to find and destroy the monsters and their creator. Plot twists reveal lies and mischief on many sides, as everyone seems to play their own angle and nothing is as it seems. Hope for a better future is only hinted at in the end. Looking forward to the next novel in the series to find out how the story proceeds.
Fantastic book. Dystopia, strong female lead, diverse cast of characters, old gods messing with humans, and monsters. What's not to love? Go, get yourself a copy. You will not regret it.
“Sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all.”
In a world ravaged by climate change, the Navajo reservation has been reborn, with legendary gods and monsters coming to life and incredible powers awakening in its people. Maggie Hoskie is a monster hunter, but when she encounters a new, horrifying monster that she might have the power to destroy, she sets out along with a strange medicine man named Kai to discover the truth.
Maggie was a fascinating character who instantly intrigued me. She has a lone wolf action hero feel to her—brusque and aggressive and insistent on working alone—in a way that few female characters get to have. Her character journey as she fights with the parts of herself that she believes to be monstrous, in addition to the relationship dynamics with various other characters, was the highlight of the book for me.
Much of this book felt like a slow buildup to the climax, which made me want the end to feel more, well, climactic than it was. That said, I loved the world that Rebecca Roanhorse built here. It's bleak and horrifying and full of bad people doing awful things, but I loved the Navajo stories and mythology woven into a futuristic version of our own world. Definitely hoping to pick up the sequel soon!
Content warnings: child death, assault, police brutality, cannibalism, gore
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This is a tough book to review because I absolutely loved it and couldn’t put it down, but I think there’s a lot that could be better. Rebecca Roanhorse tells great stories and builds beautifully intricate worlds, but the pacing of this novel felt very off. I’m interested to see if that improves in the second book of this series.