Pros
+ The main character, Polly, is not simply an observer for the whole book but actually takes action to affect the plot. (A low bar, I know)

Cons
- I despise Zachary and I hate how the narrative treated him. Polly desperately tries to invent excuses for Zachary and his actions.

AND THEN AT THE END OF IT ALL, HE NEVER ACTUALLY HAS TO FACE HIS MORTALITY. HE IS LITERALLY JUST CURED.

- Polly literally has no plan for how to save herself or resolve the conflict.

The one time she actually does something and escapes by swimming away, she immediately returns WITH NO PLAN and then sits around again.

- The grandparents have the exact same conversation over and over about how they don't believe Polly and the priest but in the first book,

the grandfather, Mr Murray, literally travels through time/space. I'm not sure why he now believes it to be impossible.

- Just like in the previous book, Swiftly Tilting Planet, the depiction of Native American societies (the fictional groups: The People of the Wind and The People Across the Lake) is so cringe.

The healers/druids are literally able to cure any ailment, even ones that modern medicine has no treatment for.