Team Hooman discussion

You finished the book! What did you think?

I really enjoyed it. It was a fun adventure, and the additions of Native mythology was a welcome addition to the fantasy genre. I rated it 5 stars, and while that's fairly accurate, this is one of those situations where I wish Goodreads allowed the ability to do half stars, because I would've probably gone 4.5 for the reason I mention below.

The only criticism I'd have is it kind of got predictable, especially the arena fight. I knew right away that her opponent would be Nizrani (sp? blame the audiobook if I got that spelling wrong LOL).

It was interesting though how Kai and Maggie's dreams tied into the ending though.

The pacing was a little slow for me and I do agree with Scott, it did get predictable. Not always a bad thing, but I was hoping something crazy would happen as the other antagonist was a Trickster god. I wish I could have found the audio because a lot of the words were difficult for me and I found I had a hard time following along at points.

I haven't quite finished yet but just popping in to say that your comments illustrate the eternal struggle between not knowing how to pronounce anything (print book) vs. not knowing how to spell anything (audio) 😂

Finally adding my thoughts on this!

I thought the world building was some of the best I've read in ages. Great interview with Rebecca Roanhorse around how she incorporated Dine culture and current issues: https://www.tor.com/2018/07/20/rebecc...

I also wasn't expecting Coyote to be so villainous! Damn those trickster characters, they get you every time.

I don't really care about the romance, but I am so invested in Maggie and her world so I will definitely keep reading in this series!