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gwentolios's review against another edition
3.0
A decent book, but not anything stunning. There are jewels of prose scattered throughout it, and I loved the build up around White Knights. Plot wise however I found it slow enough that I would go weeks between readings, and only kept going because I was bound and determined to finish it before the year's end for the sake of my Goodreads Reading Challenge.
The romantic dilemma is what interested me the most - a witch who only eats raw flesh with a curse that makes the man she loves really appetizing and a knight who gains power and protection from his chastity. It didn't crop up until maybe a third, close to half way through the book, but I did love how it was resolved. Not at all what I expected.
The romantic dilemma is what interested me the most - a witch who only eats raw flesh with a curse that makes the man she loves really appetizing and a knight who gains power and protection from his chastity. It didn't crop up until maybe a third, close to half way through the book, but I did love how it was resolved. Not at all what I expected.
danecc's review against another edition
4.0
This book took me a LONG time to read. Not because it wasn't good, but rather because it was delightfully pleasant. This book was an afternoon snack that I just spread out over the course of many months, sampling between the heftier meals of my other reads. It's a little weird to think that a book about a cannibalistic witch was the light and fluffy pallet cleanser that I was able to use between the meatier courses, but there you go.
This is a solid 4 stars for me. It was very good, and I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the whimsical fairytale way that it was told, and I think it accomplished exactly what it set out to do. I could definitely seeing myself rereading this in the future. Although I read this as a physical book I would like to pick it up as an ebook, just so that I can have it at hand whenever I need to just.. step over and read a bit. On my next read through I'd also like to give a go for annotating it, or at least keeping a running list of quotes. This is easily the most quotable book I've read in recent memory.
For sure would definitely recommend, especially for those looking for a light-hearted tale and those who enjoy the type of writing style associated with ye olde faerie tales of yore, as it be.
This is a solid 4 stars for me. It was very good, and I enjoyed it a lot. I loved the whimsical fairytale way that it was told, and I think it accomplished exactly what it set out to do. I could definitely seeing myself rereading this in the future. Although I read this as a physical book I would like to pick it up as an ebook, just so that I can have it at hand whenever I need to just.. step over and read a bit. On my next read through I'd also like to give a go for annotating it, or at least keeping a running list of quotes. This is easily the most quotable book I've read in recent memory.
For sure would definitely recommend, especially for those looking for a light-hearted tale and those who enjoy the type of writing style associated with ye olde faerie tales of yore, as it be.
jescatling's review against another edition
4.0
This book was fun. I recommended it to a friend tonight and described it like this: "Okay, so there's this girl who was cursed at birth and her parents keep her locked in the basement, but she's pretty cool with it, she's like, 'Whatever, I'd probably do the same thing if I were them.' Then she gets taken in by a witch and becomes her apprentice. Then she wanders to a village and is like, 'Oh drat, I think I have an appetite for human flesh." That's when he said, "Okay, stop right there, I'm going to read it."
happenstance's review against another edition
3.0
Light-hearted and humorous fluff - great for those days when you want to let your mind relax and enjoy a bit of junk food.
vailynst's review against another edition
4.0
Mini-Review:
I've read a few books by A. Lee Martinez and these are the things I've come to expect:
- An unusual character.
- A different take on a well known tale/topic/etc.
- Humor (The kind that makes me grin.)
- Not the happy ending you thought would happen.
With this book, I found myself touched by the whimsical flair of love and the different ways that passion could be expressed. I kept hoping that the Witch would be something more than what was told but that didn't really happen. She did end up being very amusing with her bent towards 'being witchly' in her manners. I loved that she was a beautiful monster. How she thought she was hideous for most of her young adult life until she became an apprentice witch. The last part felt a bit rushed in comparison to the pacing for the first half of the book. Yet, it was still satisfying. A lot of the details littered in the story were put into a final place and tied together by the end.
I cheated on the audiospeed but that made it more fun for me. =D
I've read a few books by A. Lee Martinez and these are the things I've come to expect:
- An unusual character.
- A different take on a well known tale/topic/etc.
- Humor (The kind that makes me grin.)
- Not the happy ending you thought would happen.
With this book, I found myself touched by the whimsical flair of love and the different ways that passion could be expressed. I kept hoping that the Witch would be something more than what was told but that didn't really happen. She did end up being very amusing with her bent towards 'being witchly' in her manners. I loved that she was a beautiful monster. How she thought she was hideous for most of her young adult life until she became an apprentice witch. The last part felt a bit rushed in comparison to the pacing for the first half of the book. Yet, it was still satisfying. A lot of the details littered in the story were put into a final place and tied together by the end.
I cheated on the audiospeed but that made it more fun for me. =D
kelseyland's review against another edition
4.0
Just a cute and fun little story but with the signature A. Lee Martinez sense of humor, I don't understand why he's not a household name tbh.
weirdlittlebooks's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
zivan's review against another edition
3.0
A Nameless Witch is not Martinez's best work.
While a carnivorous demon duck is funny and in general the book is not jus Fantasy but is about Fantasy like many of his other works. Something just doesn't click, it isn't as funny and engaging as other works by Martinez.
I'm glad I read it, I would like to read anything by A. Lee Martinez, but I would recommend any other Martinez book before A Nameless Witch.
While a carnivorous demon duck is funny and in general the book is not jus Fantasy but is about Fantasy like many of his other works. Something just doesn't click, it isn't as funny and engaging as other works by Martinez.
I'm glad I read it, I would like to read anything by A. Lee Martinez, but I would recommend any other Martinez book before A Nameless Witch.
mara_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kellswitch's review against another edition
3.0
A nameless witch, a demon duck, a troll and a White Knight on a quest for either revenge or a horrible death. It took me a while to warm up to this book and it's characters, it was a very slow build, which seems different from most of his other books which are usually much more humorous and fast paced but in the end I appreciated the slower pace, the slower build to the end of the story. I never really ended up feeling very connected to the characters or to the story, they felt to unreal, almost stereotypical in a way, which fits a fairytale I believe. One thing I did love was the system of magic in this world, it had rules but not very strict ones unlike many magic systems in fantasy worlds, it felt more fluid and natural. A part of nature which seemed to be a major theme of the book.
Not one of my favorites of his books but well worth the read.
Not one of my favorites of his books but well worth the read.