Play Book Tag discussion

Moon of the Crusted Snow was such a fantastic read for me. I selected it originally because of the beautiful cover and didn't expect to be completely mesmerized all afternoon.

This narrative follows a small, isolated Northern Anishinaabe community as they lose all communication with the outside world and the Northern Ontario region. We meet Evan Whitesky as he's butchering his last moose of the season, field dressing the huge bull because it's too much for him to handle alone. He thinks about how lucky he feels to have grown up in tune with the old hunting ways

Told through the lens of a mysterious apocalyptic event, this story offered very little explanation of the larger situation and instead chose to tell the story from a very specific, narrow perspective. Their power goes out, their phones quit working, and suddenly they're cut off from the rest of the world. Winter is setting in, food supplies are low, and word from the south is that the chaos is widespread.

After a few weeks, two kids who go to college in the city return with news that people have started looting, there's no food, no update from Toronto and things are getting scary. When an outsider arrives seeking shelter, their situation becomes worse.

Even though the book is not long, the story mainly focuses on Evan, Nicole, and their extended family. The atmosphere is ominous. The story is short and the writing is spare, but it is complex and haunting. Rice did an incredible job building the feelings of despair and apprehension. I could feel myself getting anxious as the community's resources began to dwindle.

Waubgeshig Rice is a First Nations native who writes in a
forthright and straight-forward style. It was a beautifully written, very subtle post-apocalyptic novel. I just loved it!

I really liked it too. Haunting is right. It stayed with me for a long time.

If I thought of it, I would have liked to read Moon of the Turning Leaves for last month’s tag. It would be a great read for fall Flurries.

This sounds amazing

Great review! I really liked this one too and am anxiously awaiting for my library to get the second one to read.

This is on my tbr.

LibraryCin wrote: "This is on my tbr."

I hope you like it. It's my favorite so far this year.