Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

La maison aux pattes de poulet by GennaRose Nethercott

58 reviews

amandadevoursbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

It took me a while to work through this book. I'm glad I did, and I'm glad I read this a buddy read. 

We've got a sentient house with chicken legs, puppets, two not always likeable siblings with interesting powers, and a haunting of trauma chasing them across the world. Through this, Nethercott weaves themes of trauma, recovery, identity, memory, and community. It's beautifully written, and I will definitely do a reread to annotate say some point.

Reading it right now, as the world continues to witness genocide, is haunting and hopeful. If you're on the fence or concerned about it's size, if suggest giving it a good try. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

ebrooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry

vagrantheather's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

In a few ways, Thistlefoot reminds me of American Gods (Neil Gaiman). Folklore, modern Americana, a bit of hobo ethos, a clever conman. It isn't at all similar in plot, but the vibes are right.

The prose is really nice and the audiobook narrator (January LaVoy) did a lovely job. I liked the Yaga family characters, Winifred, Benji - but was not big on the adjacent bus crew. They lacked substance.

The main themes - the enduring legacy of cultures in the stories of descendents, the destructive power of fear, multigenerational trauma - were powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury

sophinseattle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide and Xenophobia

Minor: Self harm

nisaak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

This book went places I totally didn't expect it to go. If you pick it up because it's a Baba Yaga story, you won't be disappointed. But it's more than that. It's the story of her descendants, who inherit her house. Bellatine and Isaac are magical in their own right. I found it both very challenging and very rewarding to read. At times I thought, "Where is this going?" but I was never bored. I look forward to reading more by Nethercott.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Genocide, Antisemitism, Child death, Religious bigotry, and Murder

thehobbitbarbie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

If you'd told me a week before I read Thistlefoot that an Americana horror novel was going to be my new favorite book, I'd have thought you were out of your mind. But here we are, almost 450 pages later, and this book is all I've thought about since I first opened it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, War, Blood, Genocide, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Hate crime, Death, Car accident, Xenophobia, Child death, Violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual content

megold12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Nethercott is a masterful storyteller in this book. I always love books about storytelling or the power of myths, legends, history, and folklore. This book was a masterful combination of history and mystic. It’s been a while since one book has made me so utterly sad in one moment and so hopeful and joyous in another. There is a lot of very dark and difficult topics covered, but I feel Nethercott weaves these important aspects of the story in with the magic and myth well. I still felt the full weight of the painful and horrific history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, and Rape

emfo5777's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child death, Death, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Murder, Genocide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Grief

kmesserl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

What an incredibly beautiful and deeply moving read. Honestly this will probably be my favorite book of the year. It’s been so long since I could nerd out not just on a sensational plot and realistic characters, but the prose itself. The writing it so juicy. The kind of writing that makes me want to be a better writer. My book is filled with underlined passages and earmarked pages because there were so many beautiful lines I didn’t want to forget. 

I loved this book. Can’t recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Addiction

katieg4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Xenophobia

Minor: Child death