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A review by sashas_books
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Oh. I think I have just read the best story in The Singing Hills series. Lovely! I am sorry to have read it so fast, too fast.
Yes, please, give me even more focus on Chih as a protagonist – thank you. They are coming home.
(And there are indeed mammoths at the gates. This is not a story about mammoths.)
Coming home is hard. Some things stay the same. Some things don’t. Your friends change. And some people are gone forever.
“The Divine says people change, remember? No one is as they were five years ago, or two years ago, or a week ago, or a moment ago. If you love somebody, you must let them change.”
“...growing up, growing older, was always a kind of loss, even if what was gained repaid it all and then some.”
How are we transformed by grief and loss? What form can justice take? What stories do we tell about each other, what stories do we know?
I loved the twist at the end – strange, poignant, and unexpected, but so right.
Yes, please, give me even more focus on Chih as a protagonist – thank you. They are coming home.
(And there are indeed mammoths at the gates. This is not a story about mammoths.)
Coming home is hard. Some things stay the same. Some things don’t. Your friends change. And some people are gone forever.
“The Divine says people change, remember? No one is as they were five years ago, or two years ago, or a week ago, or a moment ago. If you love somebody, you must let them change.”
“...growing up, growing older, was always a kind of loss, even if what was gained repaid it all and then some.”
How are we transformed by grief and loss? What form can justice take? What stories do we tell about each other, what stories do we know?
I loved the twist at the end – strange, poignant, and unexpected, but so right.