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Tithe by Holly Black

18 reviews

folkofthebook's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

“If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.”

the unseelie court makes the greenbriar family look downright laidback.

You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.

written about 10 years before the folk of the air, i can definitely see holly black's growth as a writer. though i like tfota more, i still really enjoyed tithe! more of a contemporary urban fantasy setting (a major portion is in human side of new jersey lol) there was more brutality to this one imo bc of the faeries proximity to humans and the general nature of the unseelie court.

“Just so you know, I trust you.”
“You shouldn’t,” he said automatically. Nevertheless, he found himself no longer wanting to punish her for her faith in him. Instead, he found himself wanting to be worthy of it. He wanted to be the knight he had once been. Just for a moment.

as always, i love holly's protagonist kaye and the tortured knight lord roiben rath rye (say that three times fast). i also really enjoy corny and can't wait to see what happens next with his character 👀

“Kiss my ass, Rath Roiben Rye.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, and Gore

jkoncurat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Torture, Drug use, and Sexual assault

amypalmer's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was good. I enjoyed it and it was nice and short however it did wow me. I also at time felt the human side of the story was unlikeable and unrelateable. The fantasy elements are where this book is good however its 3 stars because it is just OK.

Positives are that the faerie lore is good, the creatures are described well (when they are present). The different type of fae is interesting and not just your typical fae. However there is not enough of this. I find a transformation that happens in the story interesting and not the typical beautiful fairy that we have come accustom to.

The racism at the begining was just off, as was the character, being a child who drinks and smokes regularly with a terrible parent, does what she wants with no repercussions, typical boring rebel teen trope. 

This side of the book was what made me not like it. This books is also in the weird realm of not being g for children but also not really for adults either. It does feel like half a story too at times. I will be reading the other two books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

sassper17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use

aseel_reads's review against another edition

Super boring but also had some low key toxic moments that made me feel icky when reading 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

blackcoffeebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Racism, Kidnapping, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

celisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.75

The pacing of the story is quick and engaging. That said, this book was written almost 20 years ago and is a first novel, and both of those elements show. I can’t fault a book for depicting the time in which it was written, but it’s still jarring to have teens not glued to their cell phones, see them using pay phones, or mention the noise their modem makes while connecting to the internet. In terms of this being a first novel, it’s well-written and engaging. There are some tragic turns and dramatic encounters, and the pacing of the story is quick and engaging. Kaye is a great character, a little jaded and world-weary, but also in awe of the new world that opens before her. She hates the power games and brutality shown by some of the Fae, but she sees beauty in this world as well. The dynamic between Kaye and Roiben is quite fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Racism

attempted sexual assault

misosouplvr's review against another edition

this book is just…not very good. 

the main character, kaye, is just boring! nothing about her is new, she’s a teenage girl who has never know what a home is and her mom is described as dysfunctional, the book quite literally starts out with her (Kaye) smoking a cigarette and drinking.

as I was reading this, I got more and more confused cause the words were literally jumbled to me and nothing made sense to me cause somehow we went from one scene to something entirely different?

another thing that peeved me was the big reveal that

Kaye is actually a faerie, a pixie to be exact yet her reaction is non-existent.

 

i literally checked this book out from my library VIA libby and returned it on the same day.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

this book also for some reason makes kept having scenes of SA yet never fully getting into it

kaye literally gets groped and assaulted by the same guy and nothing happens other than she runs both times and all the other characters are like “oh, what happened?”

and for some reason, kaye just HAD to be half japanese and half white and “jokes” (more like racist remarks and fetishized commentary) from the other characters are made about it. - i myself am asian and i was very confused when one of the characters

compared her to an anime girl and asked for her to put her hair up in pigtails.

frostkitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

qwib_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Racial slurs, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment