Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) in The Sword and Laser

Sep 21, 2019 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, read2019, 2019-sword, sword-and-laser, post-apocalypse-and-dystopia, sci-fi-fantasy, location-dinetah

I enjoyed this tale of Navajo/Diné inspired rural fantasy with a destroyed flooded American landscape, a walled world where gods and mythological creatures have returned to daily life, and Maggie the monsterslayer has to navigate this new world. At the same time I'm thinking about cultural appropriation and have been reading a wide variety of opinions on the author's "right" to use some of the ideas that she did. Who owns these stories and names? It's something to think about. We talked more abo ...more

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Aug 22, 2018 Eric rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Added to my to-read list after seeing this tweet:

Interesting SF/F fact: @RoanhorseBex is the first author since 1980 to win the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Campbell Award for Best New Writer in the same year. The only other author to do that was Barry B. Longyear with his novella "Enemy Mine."

Hard to argue with that level of acclaim. ...more

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May 14, 2019 Raq rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-fiction

Growing up in New Mexico with part of my family on the Navajo Reservation and part in a couple pueblos, I am delighted to read a book that blends my love of fantasy and superheroes with the stories I learned as a kid (that no one else seems to know).

My family has sent me other fantasy/tribal books, but they are usually dumb-ass shit that don't have real people as characters. This is not those; these are real people you'd meet in NM. ...more

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Oct 07, 2019 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: sword-and-laser

This was the Sword and Laser pick, and I made it out to the local meet-up to talk about it. It took me a while to realize how young the protagonist was, but once I did things made more sense and I understood more why she was still so stuck on her trainer. I really liked how things were painted in shades of grey -- the man she partnered up with was selfish and sneaky, but I think came to honestly care for her. When she let herself care for him as well, she also didn't give up her higher prioritie ...more

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May 05, 2019 kvon rated it really liked it

It's an interesting setup (future post-apocalyptic magic-cam-back set on a Native American reservation). But the plot said nothing much to me personally--coming to terms with past trauma, and breaking it off with you emotionally abusive ex and other manipulative friends. I feel like I can see a direct tie between this and some of the afrofuturist stories from Okorafor. The scope of the story is small though, and everytime I expected it to widen out to the society it circled back in on the protag ...more

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May 17, 2020 Lexie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: other-supernatural-beings-not-discl

This book is so good. The landscape of my childhood collides with a fantastic and bad ass protagonist and a phenomenal supporting cast. When the walls came up to protect Dinetah, it literally took my breath away. I want everyone (who likes supernatural stories) to read it.

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Mar 23, 2024 Laurie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2024

Really great book about native people after the 6th extinction - how they kept themselves safe and also some clan powers that helped some defeat monsters.

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