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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

21 reviews

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

I enjoyed this one much more than the previous book. Nghi Vo's writing is once again breath-taking and each time I love the narrator more as well as the morally grey, but passionate, sapphics that exist in their stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Stalking, Violence, Death, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

shaipanda's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this 
It’s super reliant on/centered around storytelling which as the kid of a storyteller was really special and I appreciated 
Also the rep was 🥺 so nice and seeing a character using they/them without it being a big deal and a super casually included sapphic romance was super nice 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual content

cheye13's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

overbooked207's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

📖 When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo Book Review 📖

2nd book of January 2022 and 2nd of the year:

I loved the first book in this series, so I had to pick this up! Once again, I loved the beautiful, lush, and poetic writing and descriptions, the queerness in it, and the importance put on stories and storytelling. I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as the first one, but I still really enjoyed it and find myself liking it more the more I think about it, and I recommend picking it up! TW for death, blood and gore, animal attacks, animal cruelty, animal deaths, murder, cannibalism, cheating, confinement, sexual content, and violence🎧🐅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Confinement

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, and Sexual content

Attacks and pursuit by animals. Brief forced marriage/relationship. Drugging/poisoning.

wordwilderness's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

5.0

What a delightfully weird novella. I don’t know how Nghi Vo came up with the idea to write a triple-narrative, hostile campfire story-time, but she’s a genius for that. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Confinement

*Cannibalism: mentions of tigers eating other tigers; tigers with human forms threaten to eat humans; one scene where human bites own hand and a tiger feeds on their blood. *Sexual assault: attempted forced marriage; threat of rape is implied.

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

sarah984's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I liked this book even better than the first one. Cleric Chih is waylaid by shapeshifting tigers while travelling and tells them a story to try and keep themself alive. The writing is beautiful and imaginative, the world-building is great and I loved the dark humour. The way the story differed depending on who was telling it was a factor I really enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence