My review of "The Snow Child" by Eowyn Ivey - WARNING, this entire review is rife with SPOILERS!

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As I said, I could understand why lots of people loved the book. I just couldn't get over the inconsistencies.

Ironically, as I read the next book in my stack, I was struck by the contrast of what made Wolf Winter work for me, when The Snow Child didn't.

Both featured amazing descriptions of landscape and weather - especially winter snow and cold - and both featured supernatural elements. But while The Snow Child basically fudged on the supernatural, Wolf Winter did not. The supernatural elements were unapologetically so, there was no attempt to make them into something rational or give them a material world explanation. They were part of a spiritual world with its own laws and logic, and stayed consistent within those laws and logic. Much more satisfying to me.