Reviews

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

ngm99's review against another edition

3.75

The setting was beautiful and I quite enjoyed the dark fairy tale atmosphere. However, it kind of dragged and the main character was lovely but not very interesting to follow imo. At the same time the ending felt rushed, out of the blue and not very satisfying. I did really like the theme of religion and how much pain can be inflicted in its name

mmelibertine's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Slow to get going, and the 3rd person omniscient POV bouncing from one character to another in rapid succession didn't work for me. As the book pared that POV down to two or three main characters, it felt much stronger. Then it absolutely stuck the landing. Hell yes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

tig130's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sabrielsbell's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

sarahelem's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

5.0

readingintoinfinity's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Some parts of this book I found hard to follow but overall I enjoyed the story. I feel like it's one I'll definitely have to reread in the future to understand better 

thejessicat's review against another edition

Was just bored. 

sarakgooch13's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

elleisntabell's review against another edition

DNF 6/17/24 @ 3%

I read one chapter and decided it wasn't for me.

irisreads1996's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75