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A review by pocketeditionlibrarian
A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert
4.0
THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE ARC!
I feel like in some ways this book has a little something for everyone. Ghosts, fantasy, travel, politics, a little romance. Plus a dyslexic main character and LGBTQ representation in siblings/side characters!
I really enjoyed this book. It has such an interesting premise - someone who is murdered turns into a vengeful ghost if the murderer is uncaught. I do still have some questions about how the earthwalkers work. However, I think that people in the book don't understand it entirely themselves so I can mostly accept it.
I love that there's a mystery aspect, and also political scheming and yet it doesn't feel like a "mystery" book and doesn't get too bogged down with the politics. Basically it has a little bit of everything to appeal to a lot of different people and I'm excited to share it.
Also LOVE Jiara's struggle to read and learn a new language when taught in the "traditional" manner. She's very smart, but can't recognize it because of her struggles with dyslexia. And I love how the author includes LGBTQ+ characters and adoption as normal and accepted parts of the world as well.
I feel like in some ways this book has a little something for everyone. Ghosts, fantasy, travel, politics, a little romance. Plus a dyslexic main character and LGBTQ representation in siblings/side characters!
I really enjoyed this book. It has such an interesting premise - someone who is murdered turns into a vengeful ghost if the murderer is uncaught. I do still have some questions about how the earthwalkers work. However, I think that people in the book don't understand it entirely themselves so I can mostly accept it.
I love that there's a mystery aspect, and also political scheming and yet it doesn't feel like a "mystery" book and doesn't get too bogged down with the politics. Basically it has a little bit of everything to appeal to a lot of different people and I'm excited to share it.
Also LOVE Jiara's struggle to read and learn a new language when taught in the "traditional" manner. She's very smart, but can't recognize it because of her struggles with dyslexia. And I love how the author includes LGBTQ+ characters and adoption as normal and accepted parts of the world as well.