A review by tyras_bookshelf
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This book was so fantastical and moving to me, I really liked it. 

Except that in some parts, it felt like it didn’t know what book it was trying to be. There was the toad thread, the hurricane thread, the tornado thread, bunch of AI dumping, all that exposition and backstory about Ollie’s life on the river – – we saw so many worlds and so many scenes, but sometimes it felt disjointed.

They were also several times where I wanted Little Badger to zoom in more on a particular thing. Like the traveling between worlds and that whole science of it – – that could’ve been a whole chapter that was explored more. Or Nina’s background and interests—could’ve gone into more detail about her life, rather than skipping like seven years of it. 

It’s a good book, but I still feel like things were missing, like it’s an incomplete story, in a way. 

Paul was so incredibly infuriating to me. Hated him the whole book.
All the other characters though – – I rock with them. Even the Bear. Maybe except mockingbird, she got on my nerves too.

Ollie had the best character growth. A scared  snake boy having to face the world alone and going through unimaginable lengths to save his friend. He’s still a little fearful in the end but better for the journey. 

This was also apparently YA, which I didn’t know so oops sorry book club but pretty creative and I like Indigenous story telling so I’m not that sorry.
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