An extraordinary read ... Far-reaching, ever-surprising, funny, tragic, and written in what is almost certainly an unprecedented format ... Moving and a little bit heartbreaking ... Meticulously researched ... In this striking way, NoiseCat proves to be a formidable seanchaí: lively, meandering on occasion perhaps, but always engaging ... At times, you nearly feel you’re sitting at a fireside beside him ... The storyteller does an excellent job of delivering the 'reckoning' of the book’s sub-title ... Powerful.
Both a personal story and an extensive history of [Noisecat's] people ... A framework that lends the book a unique cadence and rhythm ... This book is assuredly about more than just making it to the morning ... Rich and complex and profound ... Heroic and necessary, We Survived the Night is proof of that sustained resurrection.
Ambitious ... Inventive ... Generates moving parallels between myth and reality ... However, the account loses some steam as NoiseCat switches in and out of straightforward reportage ... Still, NoiseCat’s attempt to cover as much territory as possible so that “these places, stories, and ancestors come full circle to carry us back to where we belong” results in a powerful archive of Indigenous pain and persistence.
