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Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

18 reviews

crownoflaurel's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical trauma

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Genocide, and Car accident

gothnailcare's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Colonisation

sunnydale's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.5

I read this book exactly when I needed to. Grief is explored in a meaningful way, but is never gratuitous or burdensome, so I found it restorative as I processed the loss of a family member. The narrative voice is warm and inviting, and I felt genuine affection for the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and War

Ellie has experienced racism, but she does not describe previous experiences in detail. Subjects like violence and danger are appropriate to a middle grade novel. Death and grief are discussed at length.

jjjreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Missing persons. Insects. Near-drowning. Mild unreality (time/space distortion).

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

pastelkerstin's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Racial slurs

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Police corruption

morganperks's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

💭 My thoughts 💭: So fun! The world building is wonderful, and I really enjoyed getting to know Elatsoe and her powers. The legends of Six Great and the glimpses into stories from Lipan Apache folklore added a lot to the story, but there was a long period where it felt like we hadn't had one in too long (it felt a little unevenly mixed). Overall, I really enjoyed this read. I heard about this book from the August @rainbowcratebookbox which included an Elatsoe bowl cover, and it was fun seeing each of the animals featured on this item show up in the book. 

📚 The gist 📚: Elatsoe lives in a version of our world where supernatural beings and magic powers are somewhat commonplace. What's not common, though, is her ability to communicate with and summon ghosts. When her cousin is killed in a vehicle accident, his spirit comes to her to tell her that he was murdered. It's up to Elatsoe to figure out what to do next. 

📒Representation📒: asexual mc, Native American mc (Lipan Apache), Native American culture and legends

💕 For readers looking for 💕: a playful magical realist version of America, a mixing of legends (especially Lipan Apache), vampires, a dangerous mystery, and ghosts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Police brutality

Death of a family member and relative

marla_a's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment