A review by melcanread
Six-gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

2.5

I do think that it's important to give credit where it's due, and Valente didn't sugarcoat the behavior of white people and attempted to hold them accountable for their actions. The racism was obvious, but effective and seemingly accurate for the time. I loved how snow white was able to find a place where she belonged in the end, despite everything she went through.

However  the rest of the book lacked severely. To begin with, none of the plot made any sense whatsoever. The magical elements seemed so out of place from left field that I was completely confused the whole time. None of that system was explained either which ended up ruining the book. 

Also, the fact that Valente is a white woman talking about Native American issues feels a lot like appropriation and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Mostly because this isn't her story to tell, yet she decided to tell it anyway. Another reviewer said that it felt like the novel was looking down on indigenous people, and I couldn't agree more. 

She tried to be experimental but it failed miserably.