Tsundoku wants to read Indiginerds by Alina Pete

Indiginerds by Alina Pete
First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving...
...and generations of Indigenous kids have grown up with pop culture creeping …
Author, Voracious Reader, Crocheter of many things, Very Autistic
Languages: EN, ES (B1)
(Pronouns: they / them) Mainly reads: Young Adult (contemporary, sci-fi or fantasy), Japanese Literature, Romance, and Fantasy / Sci-fi for adults
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I very much enjoyed this book, despite all the dark elements that the characters face. It is indeed funny, and the narrative phrasings made me laugh out loud more than once. It's also sad, even heart-wrenching at points. I personally really enjoyed seeing someone with a bad hip/other physical ailments that genuinely seems to affect them all the time, not just when it's convenient to the narrative. And when characters get injured, those injuries matter. And of course I appreciated that there's M/M and F/F relationships in the book, and was glad that if there was more than cuddling going on, it was off-screen and undescribed. She, and all the other characters we get to know well, have moments of strength, and moments of weakness when they rely on others to be strong for them.
I loved how she completed the quest, and I loved the glimpse into her life, …
I very much enjoyed this book, despite all the dark elements that the characters face. It is indeed funny, and the narrative phrasings made me laugh out loud more than once. It's also sad, even heart-wrenching at points. I personally really enjoyed seeing someone with a bad hip/other physical ailments that genuinely seems to affect them all the time, not just when it's convenient to the narrative. And when characters get injured, those injuries matter. And of course I appreciated that there's M/M and F/F relationships in the book, and was glad that if there was more than cuddling going on, it was off-screen and undescribed. She, and all the other characters we get to know well, have moments of strength, and moments of weakness when they rely on others to be strong for them.
I loved how she completed the quest, and I loved the glimpse into her life, and the lives of her travel companions, afterwards.
The author's note, quoted below, contains some very helpful content warnings. "[T]he story involves loss, grief, and unresolved trauma for everyone involved. Some of the characters have anxiety or PTSD and suffer from panic attacks, nightmares, and flashbacks on the page. Some scenes involve physical violence, fire, injury, blood, and death. Additionally, while physical abuse does not occur on the page, it is discussed frequently throughout the story."
In addition to this list, there are a couple of things that are usually big bugaboos of mine, but which were written with such empathy that I was actually pretty okay with them. Spoilers below, so I'm giving a little space if you don't want to read them.
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1) Named character death: There's a lot of death, including the on-page death of people we've actually gotten to know a bit. (No-one whose POV we've seen dies).
2) Betrayal: One character does betray the group, but since it's known from the start that he's a plant from their enemy, it's easier for the reader to be emotionally braced by it.
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