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Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)

Rebecca Roanhorse

Start date: September 1, 2019

Finish date: September 30, 2019

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Jul 10, 2018 Kdawg91 rated it really liked it

I had heard ALLLLLLLLLLLLL KINDDDDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSS of things about this book, and being a fan of the genre and book fiend all around, why not?

Read it, devoured it...now...bit torn. I said, I am not going to review this, but then I realized what it was.

This is a minor diversion so bear with me, I am a huge fan of the show M*A*S*H and while it has nothing much to do with the book..what happened did. My parents got a new TV, a BIG beautiful Hi Def monster of a set, you can count hairs on heads wi ...more

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Jan 06, 2019 Christina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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4.5 Stars

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Oct 07, 2019 Beth rated it really liked it

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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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Mar 23, 2024 Laurie rated it it was amazing

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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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