Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

6 reviews

therainbowshelf's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An absolutely delightful read! I loved the narrative structure with Nina and Oli’s stories running parallel like their worlds. The characters are all super fun and the Native American storytelling style of Oli’s adventures adds so much. I enjoyed Darcie Little Badger’s previous book quite a bit, and this one blew it out of the water! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

death of grandparent

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Drowning, neglect, hurricane, animal attack, tornado.

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

For the majority of this book, there were two parallel stories and I loved to see how they converged as you went along. Told in dual POVs and multiple timelines, I ended up feeling more partial to Cottonmouth and friends’ stories. As my friend Colleen pointed out, that could be because Cottonmouth was written in first person, whereas Nina was written in third person. All in all, while I didn’t connect to this one as much as I did to Elatsoe, this was a whimisical summer read filled to the brim with fun and adventure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Injury/Injury detail

purplelake's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Another triumph from Darcie Little Badger. Delightful characters, ace rep, Lipan stories, found family. A must-read for anyone from 13 to 153.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

If i could give this book more than 5 stars i would!! It was so so amazing and I will be thinking about this for days to come

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Grief, and Colonisation

discworldwitch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Genocide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Medical content