Sunday, December 15, 2024

Review: Elatsoe

Elatsoe Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is another entry in the Indigenous Book Club which my class is now currently are reading. It is a strange, but compelling novel, set in a rather stranger and, frankly, more magical America. The title character is an asexual Lipan Apache girl, who inherits power over dead animals and who finds herself in the midst of a disturbing murder mystery. The world of Elatsoe blends various 'supernatural' traditions, both good and bad, but in such a way that it almost feels normal.

I loved this book because of the way that it weaves story-telling, a coming of age tale and spirituality into a compelling story. Elatsoe, as a character, is funny and awkward and wise beyond her years, guided by her family and her people. The world is a little disorienting in its blend of the mundane and supernatural, but the story is worth it.

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