"When the whole world hurts, you bite it, don't you?"

This book was very close to be in the 4 stars and above, as I loved the whole first half and enjoyed his colloquial writing style. The general theme of this book regarding loss of culture paired with the mistreatment of nature scratches a very specific itch for me.

What kept it from a higher rating is the addition of some characters in the second half that felt very flat, and the last 50 pages read really goofy for me. I can never take an otherworldly entity antagonist seriously once they start trying to be all I'm scary in a quirky 'I'm craaazzzyy' way. 

like girl you are a reincarnated elk hell bent on revenge, how on earth do you know how to play basketball?