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A review by sarah984
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
challenging
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This book was a little bit slow for me at first, a lot of day to day descriptions of travelling, and a few of the side characters feel like they're just there to pad out the team (sorry Tyler) but overall a great hopeful post apocalyptic story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Colonisation
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
There are threats of rape and allusions to women kept as “concubines” by the militia but no rape occurs on page.