A review by analenegrace
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was a super interesting take on a post-apocalyptic story. It's mostly a quiet story with an underlying plot as a small First Nations community deals with losing power, satellite, and access to the outside world. At first, they think it's just them, but they begin to realize that at least their surrounding area is as well. 

This isn't really an adventuring story; the characters do not leave their home and instead, figure out ways to fend for themselves and keep their community as together as they can. When a white man and eventually some other outsiders show up, they are wearily willing to let them in, and this is when the story begins to speed up. This man attempts to take control of their community and manipulates others to join him. While this is a story of stopping him, it's also a story of hope and community-building as they create new lives as their previous lives fall apart. 

I really enjoyed the audiobook of this and I thought the narrator did a perfect job with the character voices. It wasn't hard to figure out when the character's speaking changed. 

I'm very interested to read more from this author!