Loved it

Great narration and exploration of the past. On the whole, I really appreciated the exploration of what develops trust versus distrust, mob mentality, and what pushes an individual to join the mob or stand against it.

A couple points felt slightly modern, but that's a personal opinion--I learned about a lot of everyday, historical living from women's perspectives, which I really appreciate. Little details like cleaning, preparing food, etc.

Small spoiler below:

I would like to hear more from Sami/Saami people about what they think about the portrayal in this book. One plotline follows the distrust of indigenous people, particularly women, and has a framing from a mostly white European perspective. However, there are several viewpoints discussed and portrayed from different women and men, which feels more honest than other recent books I have read that address colonization. On the other hand, I do not think we hear directly from the indigenous person herself. This may be the author's deliberate choice, as this character's motivations and parts of her knowledge are ultimately unknowable for the white Europeans. She makes distinctly different choices compared to the others, and this seems to come from both her knowledge of the land and her spiritual practice (mostly hidden) and her lived experience as an outsider who also lives in the village.

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