Reviews tagging 'Death'

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

212 reviews

matcha_pages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Great seeing older characters (30 years and higher) take the main stage. I had fun reading this fairy tale inspired fantasy. The quests at the start were very attention grabbing and world building was solid. My favorite part has to be the humor, Agnes and the Dust wife really stole the show. 

This is my first T. Kingfisher book, I'll definitely have to check out her other books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death

arialovegreen's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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? No

4.5

Nettle & Bone is the story of a shy nun who decides to kill a prince with absolutely no plan, and the family she finds along the way. It is funny, cute, macabre, intriguing, and mysterious all at once. A great singular read that weaves a tale of perfectly reasonable people doing some pretty insane things in some very silly ways for just causes.

The main cast of characters are endearing, contrary, and have so much human nuance to them that I absolutely adore. T. Kingfisher has a very unique writing style that strikes a balance between elaborative story telling and simplicity. I love their ability to explain just what needs to be explained, while keeping little mysteries alive. 

I had a blast reading this book, and I look forward to reading some of T. Kingfisher's other works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence and War

manaledi's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

This is remarkably cute and lightheaded for a necromancer fantasy. The world building is thin, but it gets away with it because the details of court politics are tangential. It's a story about family and unlikely misfits and never gets all that deep 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Sexism

chele96's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

This book hooked me immediately. The story itself is simple but interesting and had me constantly excited to see what happened next. I do wish that we would have seen more focus on

the three impossible tasks, specifically the events leading to the making of bonedog

I felt like the story really skimmed over that part, which had potential for some really great world-building.  I think leaving it out probably helped keep the story so fast paced, but I definitely feel like the story could have gone into more detail with world-building, but I suppose that leaving some things a mystery kept us grounded in the MC's perspective. It feels very in character for her to stay in the dark about how the world works.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Miscarriage, Death, Child death, and Domestic abuse

lifewithloopy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

laynerinke's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, Grief, Cannibalism, and Death

Minor: Child death, Torture, Confinement, Slavery, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

aoifer01's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death, Death, Cannibalism, and Animal death

raptorq's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage, Medical content, Body horror, Abortion, War, Animal death, and Blood

mrsfishreads's review

adventurous 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? No

4.75

This book was a dark and brooding fairytale that starts with cannibalism and ends with demon possessed hens, loveable evil godmothers, a dog with three lives, and a princess who carries out a plot that changes a kingdom.  I'm not hooked on T. KINGFISHER!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Grief, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

linda_wolf's review

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Domestic abuse