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A review by elerireads
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This was weird but quite enjoyable. Took me a while to get into it - to start with my eyes kept skating over the words without really taking it in and I had to force myself to go back and concentrate and read it properly, but before I knew it I was doing the 'just one more chapter' thing and suddenly it was 1am and I had work the next day...
The world-building wasn't quite what I expected. For some reason I thought from the blurb that the world would be exactly like real life apart from the Lipans having this ghost-raising skill, but actually there are all sorts of magic and mythological creatures, although all the modern real-life things seemed to be there too. I enjoyed the strange magic-CO2 parallels.
The mystery was good and it was paced quite well. One thing I didn't get at all was the weird time-bubble towards the end - no idea what the point of that actually was??? I was also quite confused by the thing with the dog disappearing at the end. It was never clear what had happened to him or why, as if the author had wanted to try and do something profound but then changed her mind and then left it in there as some weird little blip.
P.S. I read the hardback edition and it is FANCY. Properly heavy with thick creamy pages. Not at all convenient to carry about with you, but it feels expensive to hold and I loved it.
The world-building wasn't quite what I expected. For some reason I thought from the blurb that the world would be exactly like real life apart from the Lipans having this ghost-raising skill, but actually there are all sorts of magic and mythological creatures, although all the modern real-life things seemed to be there too. I enjoyed the strange magic-CO2 parallels.
The mystery was good and it was paced quite well. One thing I didn't get at all was the weird time-bubble towards the end - no idea what the point of that actually was??? I was also quite confused by the thing with the dog disappearing at the end. It was never clear what had happened to him or why, as if the author had wanted to try and do something profound but then changed her mind and then left it in there as some weird little blip.
P.S. I read the hardback edition and it is FANCY. Properly heavy with thick creamy pages. Not at all convenient to carry about with you, but it feels expensive to hold and I loved it.