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What a beautiful and immersive follow-up this novel is. I love the portrayal of the landscape and that Rice leaves dialogue in Anishinaabemowin untranslated, with context clues to meaning. While reading this novel, I have found myself observing the world around me differently and requesting from myself more attention in the moment. I find myself contemplating what's most important and how to center those elements in my life. It's a gift of a book.

After the 6th graders put me through my paces in class tonight, I feel like having something stronger, but I'm trying to convince myself that salad, nonalcoholic kombucha, and post-apocalyptic fiction will nourish me better in the long run---and disturb my sleep less---than a martini.

I went to the library to pick up one hold, and three more books jumped into my arms. At least I wasn't visiting the animal shelter.

This book and the first one are a reading highlight of the year. Glad I listened to the audiobook to hear the Anishnaabe language and names spoken.

I loved the first book of this series and this was also excellent. You should definitely read Moon of the Crusted Snow first. Both take place in Canada in a post apocalyptic world. It is more of a thriller than anything else and has a wonderful cast of characters. 4.5⭐️

The end of this book absolutely gutted me! I loved the first book, and this is almost as good. The first 100 pages are slow, but the last 200 are not. I hope he writes a third! (2)
⭐️: 4/5

Amazing! This follow up to the thoughtful dystopian novel Moon of the Crusted Snow was fantastic, beautiful writing, tight pacing, and the setting in an indigenous community after the fall of the world is brilliant and compelling. If you haven‘t checked out these short (under 200 pages!) novels from Waubgeshig Rice, you are truly missing out. #BookspinBingo

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Enjoyable listen as an epilogue to the story begun in Moon of the Crusted Snow. This duology is not an action packed zombie type apocalyptic thriller, instead it is a description of a people reconnecting with the roots of their culture, one other, and nature “after the world goes dark.” I love how the collapse of civilization is largely a mystery and what few details emerge are fuzzy, but uncomfortably ordinary & and thus rather realistic.

I‘m so happy Rice wrote this follow up to Moon of the Crusted Snow. This one wasn‘t as good as the first, but it was a satisfying follow up. The audiobook had the same excellent narrator as well. #FoodAndLit #Canada

@Mitch I saw you had read Moon of the Crusted Snow and wondered if you had read this one? I have it but have not read it yet. Also are you planning to read The Serviceberry?

4.5⭐️/5⭐️

I just loved Moon of the Crusted Snow and it‘s really stuck with me, so I am delighted that Rice wrote a follow up (he says because fans asked for it, which is cool). There are definite spoilers here for book 1, but this one picks up a number of years later and continues to follow the Native community in their new circumstances. My only quibble is a group goes on a trek and are called “the walkers,” which made me think of The Walking Dead.

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4 ⭐ I appreciate this author's writing skills.

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2. Ice cream, cocoa
3. Bookmark...often a receipt
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This was a great follow up to Moon of the Crusted Snow. It‘s mostly a traveling story, as 6 members of the survivor‘s community strike out south east to see if they can find new grounds for their people. They are hoping to be able to return to the land their ancestors lived on; the land that had been taken from them by the white colonists.

The narrator isn‘t the best, he stumbles and loses his flow. But he is an own voice, which I appreciated. 🤩

The first book in this series by this Anishinaabe author was great but this one is outstanding. I would recommend audio so that you can have the language. The books are set in a near future “after the light have gone out.”

Good follow-up! Can be read as a stand-alone, but definitely recommend reading Moon of the Crusted Snow first.

I imagine it's not uncommon to love every book you read if you've been away from novels for a long time and the recommendations you take heed of are from your beloveds and favorite book reviewers. But this book touched me enourmously. Tears of joy and sadness flowed in key moments in this book. An inspiring, frightening, yet incredibly poignant story of survival with great characters. Thank you Waubgeshig Rice.

I have yet to read Moon of the Crusted Snow (although I plan to), but I know it is a much loved book here. I just heard on a podcast that a sequel is being released later this month.

piggybacking on @Matilda — i talked about Waubgeshig Rice‘s MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES for Book Riot‘s Most Anticipated, i CANNOT WAIT

https://bookriot.com/most-anticipated-books-of-2024/

I only finished the first book yesterday and could not wait for the sequel. My cuddle buddy Meche is also quite happy to finally enjoy some quiet nook reading time with me, after a busy day. So I begin with page one: "A gutteral howl tore through the lodge and breached the birchbark walls..."

Just as great as its predecessor, Moon of the Turning Leaves is a really unique post-apocalyptic story about an Anishinaabe community attempting to leave the Northern land they were forced on by colonizers and returning to their ancestral territory on one of the great lakes. The first half or so is slower in pace, but a fascinating look into Indiegnous survival; the second half is nail-biting tense!! All round great storytelling!

Just finished this and must say I was not prepared. I was expecting an ending somewhat like in Moon of the Crusted Snow, however this one required some tissues. I wont give much away beyond saying it was both hopeful and also more emotional than I expected. Character development is still a little lighter than I usually want, however definitely more than the previous novel, and the story was beautifully crafted. A solid pick.

Waubgesig Rice wrote a sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow! And I‘m so happy about it. Even though I cried and cried. It‘s set 12 years after the power goes out and everything on the remote northern reservation collapses. I fell in love with these characters and I needed to know if the stories and half remembered skills of their ancestors were enough to keep them alive when the world fell apart.

I wasn't expecting Moon of the Crusted Snow to have a sequel, but this is a very good sequel, set just over a decade after the events of the previous book.

It was a long wait for this sequel but worth it! Waubgeshig Rice is a phenomenal indigenous, Canadian writer and I will forever read everything he writes.