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Tithe by Holly Black

10 reviews

amypalmer's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

3.0

This book was good. I enjoyed it and it was nice and short however it did wow me. I also at time felt the human side of the story was unlikeable and unrelateable. The fantasy elements are where this book is good however its 3 stars because it is just OK.

Positives are that the faerie lore is good, the creatures are described well (when they are present). The different type of fae is interesting and not just your typical fae. However there is not enough of this. I find a transformation that happens in the story interesting and not the typical beautiful fairy that we have come accustom to.

The racism at the begining was just off, as was the character, being a child who drinks and smokes regularly with a terrible parent, does what she wants with no repercussions, typical boring rebel teen trope. 

This side of the book was what made me not like it. This books is also in the weird realm of not being g for children but also not really for adults either. It does feel like half a story too at times. I will be reading the other two books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

misosouplvr's review

this book is just…not very good. 

the main character, kaye, is just boring! nothing about her is new, she’s a teenage girl who has never know what a home is and her mom is described as dysfunctional, the book quite literally starts out with her (Kaye) smoking a cigarette and drinking.

as I was reading this, I got more and more confused cause the words were literally jumbled to me and nothing made sense to me cause somehow we went from one scene to something entirely different?

another thing that peeved me was the big reveal that

Kaye is actually a faerie, a pixie to be exact yet her reaction is non-existent.

 

i literally checked this book out from my library VIA libby and returned it on the same day.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

this book also for some reason makes kept having scenes of SA yet never fully getting into it

kaye literally gets groped and assaulted by the same guy and nothing happens other than she runs both times and all the other characters are like “oh, what happened?”

and for some reason, kaye just HAD to be half japanese and half white and “jokes” (more like racist remarks and fetishized commentary) from the other characters are made about it. - i myself am asian and i was very confused when one of the characters

compared her to an anime girl and asked for her to put her hair up in pigtails.

qwib_reads's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Racial slurs, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

caseymac's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Alcoholism, Death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Fatphobia

hollymileham's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? Yes

2.75

this was okay, just a bit boring. well a lot boring and i didnt really get it a lot of the time, the fantasy elements were really confusing. idk maybe i had high expectations bc of the cruel prince series but i doubt ill read the rest of this series i dont think its for me. was very dark at times :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Torture and Violence

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Even though this was definitely weaker than “the Cruel Prince” (no wonder, with whole 16 years difference), I still enjoyed the story and the characters. The early 2000s vibes are strong, the faeries – as wicked as I like them. A fair amount of scenes and dialogues are awkwardly written (sudden changes in mood, kisses out of nowhere etc.), but with some polishing “Tithe” could hold up even today (though it certainly would never get published as YA).

Few things that bothered me:
1. Corny’s violent thoughts/behaviour (expressing the urge to hurt people, even his mother);
2. The age difference between Kaye and Roiben. He is clearly an adult man and she is sixteen. Made me feel icky every time I stopped to think about it, especially since they both act in accordance with their age.


P.S.: “She let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding” (x3)

Edit: thinking about this book after a few months, the depiction of homosexuality and race is definitely… not done well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence, Animal death, Child death, Gore, and Sexual content

mollyanne624's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Sexual assault

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

faeriexprincette's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Racism, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Kidnapping

griffinthief's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, and Eating disorder