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Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

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hanjssick's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

  • Daria cinco estrelas pra esse livro, se não fosse pelas histórias contadas com aquela letra diferente. Já me incomoda quando isso é feito com a letra cursiva, com essa é pior ainda.

  • Me apaixonei pelo Jay, extremamente carismático e impossível de não amar. Gostei muito de todos os personagens, mas ele em específico me cativou.

  • É uma fantasia que mistura sobrenatural com elementos culturais Lipan Apache, acho isso muito interessante pra variar das fantasias genéricas que vemos por aí.

  • Além da diversidade étinica, temos protagonismo assexual. Eu gosto muito mais quando o fato do personagem ser LGBT+ fica explícito e eles usam as palavras, mas acontece de forma natural com apenas uma ou duas frases sendo necessárias. Se você lê um livro só por ter uma personagem assexual e espera que por isso a obra inteira seja focada apenas na sexualidade dela, o problema está em você.

  • O conhecimento indígena e a crítica aos Estados Unidos presentes aqui são algo que eu aprecio muito.
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ms_read's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Sometimes I feel I’m “too old for YA” but this book proved to me that it’s always about finding the right book. The writing and pacing held my attention and immersed me in the book’s reality. I loved this book. 
Elatsoe is a fascinating character who is unabashed herself. The secondary characters were layered and nuanced.
Ex: Our impulse would be to judge the vampire refusing the cure but we are given clues showing why he’s reluctant. And characters try to understand him instead of him becoming a vampire caricature
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raptorq's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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nicklybear's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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dhiyanah's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

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lauren_shilling's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This book definitely surprised me! I had heard of it once or twice, but it didn't really catch my eye until I saw it in a bookstore and decided to give it a try. I'm really glad I did, because I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the world it created, and I loved learning about the main character's ability to raise the dead. It was so interesting. I also thought the mystery in this book was really well crafted, and the unnerving vibes you get from it until you find out what is actually happening was really well done. It's such a great exploration of native cultures and how they have been impacted throughout history. I learned a lot reading this book, and I would love to read more like it. It was a great way to bring parts of history to life and to the forefront of discussions. The characters were all great, and I loved following them all.
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linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

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

4.75

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mcstressy's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This is more magical realism than fantasy - which is absolutely fine, but for folks going into this expecting pure fantasy, they may feel a bit unsatisfied. 

Elatsoe is a great POV character. She's spunky and funny and caring and her relationship with her family is entertaining and charming. She was absolutely my favorite part of the book along with the descriptions of her magic and the world around her. 

Her world is the same as ours but with magic and magic-folk being known entities. I think I was hoping for a little bit more magic and less murder mystery, but that's from going in mostly blind. I think the mystery itself was still handled-well, there were some twists and turns without it being a shock or jump scare
(you know who it is from pretty early on along with Elatsoe's suspicions. But the reveal of the Doctor's secret was interesting without it being a major twist. Not even mystery needs to be mind blowing, just believable and fascinating) 


There were a few pacing issues where I think things could have moved with a bit more agency, and maybe a few questions that never really got answered, but the last half of the book was quite speedy. I hope to see more from this author and more works of fiction from indigenous authors!
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piecesofamber's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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klbreyfogle's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Generally good! I love a canon ace character, and Ellie was fun to follow (plus ghost Kirby was a delight). The integration of Lipan Apache beliefs was really cool, especially how they were used to solve the crime and resolve the conflict at the end! 

It’s definitely YA, and although Ellie is meant to be 17 she feels a little younger than that. The reason I didn’t rate it higher is that I think I’m a little older than the target audience, and portions of the characters and dialogue didn’t really resonate because of that.
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