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suzemo 's review for:
Trail of Lightning
by Rebecca Roanhorse
3-4 stars depending on my mood really.
My favorite part of the book? It's set in a dystopian future that is a result of climate change, and it's nice to see something that's more of a natural extension of what we are dealing and looking at right now rather than some cataclysmic event (war, meteor, etc.).
I also liked a woman of color as the protagonist. Unfortunately, I read a bit about the controversy with regards to her using another tribe to tell the story rather than the one that Roanhorse belongs to, and the issues that Navajo peoples have with her storytelling, and I just can't ignore that.
I'm not a huge urban fantasy reader, and this definitely had that feel, but it was different enough to be interesting. Dinétah, the former Navajo reservation, has been reborn as its own land after the climate has disrupted and destroyed much of the world that we know.
Maggie is a Dinétah monster hunter and outcast, after being rescued and trained (and partnered to some extent) with an immortal hunter. On her own, she has few allies, but pairs with Kai, a medicine man (of a sort) to help find and kill monsters that have risen. It ends on a bit of a cliff hanger, but not enough to ruin the book or ending (it is mostly tied up), but I have already purchased the next installment and will be listening to that.
I thought Tanis Parenteau did an excellent job narrating and look forward to listening to more books she narrates (not least of all, the follow up to this book).
My favorite part of the book? It's set in a dystopian future that is a result of climate change, and it's nice to see something that's more of a natural extension of what we are dealing and looking at right now rather than some cataclysmic event (war, meteor, etc.).
I also liked a woman of color as the protagonist. Unfortunately, I read a bit about the controversy with regards to her using another tribe to tell the story rather than the one that Roanhorse belongs to, and the issues that Navajo peoples have with her storytelling, and I just can't ignore that.
I'm not a huge urban fantasy reader, and this definitely had that feel, but it was different enough to be interesting. Dinétah, the former Navajo reservation, has been reborn as its own land after the climate has disrupted and destroyed much of the world that we know.
Maggie is a Dinétah monster hunter and outcast, after being rescued and trained (and partnered to some extent) with an immortal hunter. On her own, she has few allies, but pairs with Kai, a medicine man (of a sort) to help find and kill monsters that have risen. It ends on a bit of a cliff hanger, but not enough to ruin the book or ending (it is mostly tied up), but I have already purchased the next installment and will be listening to that.
I thought Tanis Parenteau did an excellent job narrating and look forward to listening to more books she narrates (not least of all, the follow up to this book).