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Tithe by Holly Black

15 reviews

creatureof_nature's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Alcohol

Moderate: Kidnapping

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

_rowantree_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Alcohol

sassper17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use

aseel_reads's review against another edition

Super boring but also had some low key toxic moments that made me feel icky when reading 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual assault, 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.

camiclarkbooks's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was the first teen book I remember reading. It was dark and unsettling, showing the “true” side of Faerie instead of the Disney version to which we’ve grown accustomed. 

If you read Holly Black’s “Folk of the Air” trilogy but wished it was just a little creepier, check out “Tithe.” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Minor: Classism, Cursing, Murder, and Eating disorder

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

halfelfschollar's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Most of the spaces I see consumed by fey and fey adjacent characters in modern stories tend to avoid actual weird fucked up fairy shit. And while the main love interest is still technically a pretty person with pointed ears, the inclusion of the other fey in the book more than made up for it. The use of real fey lore in the book was something I really enjoyed as someone who really likes folktales.

While I wouldn't call Kaye an unlikable character she certainly isn't the type of lead that is for everyones tastes. She's not the type of character I relate to but her perspective works for the story at hand and that's why she's a good pick for the story. Her questioning of the world she's now presented with and emotional outbursts make sense for the character we are introduced to, a young girl who's had to grow up far too fast. 

This book is heavy on the urban fantasy, so if that's not you're genre this is not the book for you. The book also includes underage drinking and drug use with some sexual content. The age difference between Kaye and Rioben is also something I personally dislike but is also often something inherent in fey stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Violence, Drug use, Child death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism and Torture

noa_45's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Violence and Death