Ahoy there me mateys!  Here be a reviews of a book I thought I would love but ended up abandoning.  This has great reviews from others in the crew but this Captain cut it loose to sink to the watery depths.

I was intrigued by this book because it features Navajo (Diné) mythology by an own voices author.  It was Matey Paul's enthusiastic five-star review that moved the author's books higher on the list.  I listened to three quarters of this book in audio and have to say that I didn't like it much.  I thought the main characters were fine but that the plot was very poorly written.  I felt that I wasn't getting a very good understanding of the Diné elements, partially because of the blazing fast pace and partially because they seemed so lightly explored.  The resolution of the characters' problems were too easy and/or unbelievable.  The bad guys were one dimensional.  I didn't understand the hype at all.  Then I went on a search to read more about the Diné culture only to find that Rebecca Roanhorse used the myths of a tribe that she doesn't belong to (she be Ohkay Owingeh) and that many of the Diné find the book distasteful.  It seemed to be a weird choice for the Rick Riordan imprint to choose a non-Diné to showcase this culture.  Native American tribes are not interchangeable.  I also didn't enjoy Roanhorse's own explanations for her choosing to write this story.  Given me own distaste for how bad I found the writing, I am not sure I want to read any more of this author's work.  Here is one link to opinions about Roanhorse writing this novel.