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Read for the 2022 Roundtable Fantasy Book Tournament. Set in Eastern Canada around 1000 AD, it's about a clash of cultures between Inuits and Vikings and, a bit less so, Christians. It starts out feeling like historical fiction, then some magical realism trickles in, but by the end it's a flat out fantasy story. I preferred the parts that felt mostly realistic but with a few magical elements creeping in.
It's a really ambitious book with a lot of research behind it and it deserves a lot of prais ...more
It's a really ambitious book with a lot of research behind it and it deserves a lot of prais ...more
This book really does fall in the middle, not awesome but not terrible. The main character came across as very abrasive, which put me off a little. Then, I dislike stories where plot points rely on the main character doing something stupid to move forward. Also where the story it is so obvious that they are going to f**k it all up so that there is some issue to resolve and make the story more interesting.
And I am not sure how much I like the 'women as second class' thing that seems so prevalent ...more
And I am not sure how much I like the 'women as second class' thing that seems so prevalent ...more
I found this astonishing. The beginning was slow and sweet and slightly lyrical, but did not draw me in. Around 50% of the way through, I was a little peeved. THIS is what you were building to? I had the genre wrong, I thought, and what on earth will she do with the final 50%? But at 75% I realized what she was really doing. Deft, and a little tricksy as befits the subject. Well done, in the end. Three cheers. This was a labor of love on the author’s part (the notes at the end are especially wor
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Magical story of the meeting of cultures and the meeting of gods. Thoroughly researched with a believable setting. I really believed in Omat's spiritual journeys and the results from them.
Also a great historical fiction of the time the Inuits and the Vikings were trying to move into northeastern Canada; the Vikings failed, the Inuits succeeded and continue to live there.
4 stars Almost everyone should enjoy this book. It may go up to three stars if I keep thinking about the book. ...more
Also a great historical fiction of the time the Inuits and the Vikings were trying to move into northeastern Canada; the Vikings failed, the Inuits succeeded and continue to live there.
4 stars Almost everyone should enjoy this book. It may go up to three stars if I keep thinking about the book. ...more
Jan 05, 2022
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