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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

33 reviews

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Abortion, Blood, Slavery, Violence, Confinement, Dementia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, and War

tifftastic87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Synopsis
When Marra is 15 her sister is married to the Prince of the Northern Kingdom and Marra is sent to a convent. Marra's life at the convent is peaceful and allows her to indulge her interests in fiber arts, while ignoring politics and the requirements of being a princess. When Marra is 30, her niece dies and Marra visiting for the funeral learns that her sister is being abused by Prince Vorling. Knowing that there is nothing she can do directly that won't start a war between kingdoms, Marra turns to the dust-wife. She is given three impossible tasks and then the dust-wife will give her the tools to kill a prince.

Review
Marra, as a woman in her 30s who is not quick witted, does not find everything easy, and loves fiber crafts, was a wonderful character to follow. I loved seeing a main character in a fantasy who wasn't "just so itty bitty" and "shockingly good" at everything she tried. Marra is kind and accepting of people, while being stubborn and determined. She realizes that as a woman she has very little power in her world, but rather than the standard "we have to change everything" she uses this fact to get what she needs done.

The older women in the story, Agnes and the dust-wife, are also portrayed as capable women who both bring different things to the table. I really enjoyed seeing two different types of older women, both who love chickens - because who doesn't - that each get shit done in their own way.

Fenris, as the sole male main character, doesn't immediately show up and take over. He's willing to take instruction and help where needed, which was refreshing. We don't need all men to be controlling freaks to make a feminist point!

The pets
One of the best parts of this book was the demon chicken. I absolutely loved her and Bonedog is baby.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Pregnancy

kds247's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

This is a beautifully written book. The imagery was the best part and made it a perfect autumn read. It was spooky but in a fantastical, witchy way that I was not expecting. It did drag at times, but the poetry that is this book made it worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, and Child death

Minor: Torture and Animal death

eleonorehilbig's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

this was a cute book. 
the only real issue i had with it was the tone shift with it starting out quite grimly with lots of gory elements and then becoming a sort of lets go on an adventure with a bunch of people who dont seem to be who youd pick for that adventure. however i enjoyed it thoroughly especially the internal struggles of the mc and the topics that were discussed. all in all a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child death, Slavery, and Pregnancy

tallulahlucy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Classism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Rape, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Violence

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

I hate saying this because I do genuinely like T. Kingfisher and I know everyone adores this book, but it was a miss for me.

Despite having so many elements that I typically enjoy in a story—the found family, the endearing and quirky characters, the grown protagonists, the gentle romance element, the dark fairytale subject matter—I was struggling to push through the entire time I was reading. I’m not sure if it was just the slow pacing but I could not force myself at any point to be invested in what was going on.

I don’t think it was poorly written at all, I simply think it wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Animal death

hereticly's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing, I haven't felt so lost in a story in ages. I truly cared about the characters and plot. The writing is immersive and a perfect blend of serious and light-hearted fun to keep you reading for hours on end. The story tells dark, deep hitting themes in a way that is respectful yet gripping way. Also Agnes is a sweetheart!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Grief

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

f you have severe tokophobia (like me), just know (forced) pregnancy, miscarriages and similar subjects are highly present in this book.

mochikochicken's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

Dogs made of animated bones, dust wives, goblins, demonic chickens, fairy godmothers of questionable quality. It's about the inevitable darkness of being a woman and the hope they find in creating a community with each other. And Fenris is there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Murder

There is a scene where a character has a tooth extracted which could be triggering. It isn't painful but it is graphic in a weird way. Does not include a dentist.

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Cannibalism, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: War and Torture

tallnecked_pancakeface's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Dementia