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s0litarybe3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
linguana's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
litwrite's review against another edition
5.0
Seriously fucking amazing. If you're an Angela Carter fan pick this up.
laphenix's review
3.0
The tone in here it was amazing, eerie, antiquated, a little bit mysterious. I regret missing the connections until over halfway through. I think it's worth a read, fingers crossed for the audiobook.
jessriguez's review against another edition
4.0
Another fantastic set of interconnected stories that reach over and under each other. A companion to Sourdough, these stories are set before and around the setting originally presented. A fine addition to your fantasy shelf.
bookwisp86's review
dark
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death, and Rape
lamusadelils's review against another edition
4.0
Angela Slatter es una extraña criatura, a veces violenta de maneras casi salvajes y a veces delicada y precisa, pero siempre es una belleza de leer. No siempre me convencen sus personajes o su forma de abordar ciertos temas, pero definitivamente sabe como contar un cuento.
La belleza de este libro es que los cuentos juntos son un todo extraño y caprichoso que se conecta entre si de formas inesperadas.
La belleza de este libro es que los cuentos juntos son un todo extraño y caprichoso que se conecta entre si de formas inesperadas.
verkisto's review
4.0
I discovered Angela Slatter through her Tor.com novella, Of Sorrow and Such. I loved the story and her writing, so shortly after finishing the book, I tracked down the rest of her fiction. The Bitterwood Bible is the first of her works outside of that novella I've read.
The book is, at a glance, a collection of short stories, but it's also a novel, in that all the stories are related by characters and location (though not always by time). The stories run the gamut from horror to fantasy, while most of them walk the line that divides the two genres. The story that leads off the collection is a wonderfully eerie one that reminded me what I liked so much about Of Sorrow and Such -- Slatter's language. She creates atmosphere like it's candy floss, weaving it through the story with such light touches that you almost don't know it's there.
The foreword tells us this collection is a prequel of sorts to another book, Sourdough and Other Stories, and I regret reading the two books out of order. Either way, though, I look forward to reading it to see how the two books connect, and just to marvel at how Slatter writes her stories.
The book is, at a glance, a collection of short stories, but it's also a novel, in that all the stories are related by characters and location (though not always by time). The stories run the gamut from horror to fantasy, while most of them walk the line that divides the two genres. The story that leads off the collection is a wonderfully eerie one that reminded me what I liked so much about Of Sorrow and Such -- Slatter's language. She creates atmosphere like it's candy floss, weaving it through the story with such light touches that you almost don't know it's there.
The foreword tells us this collection is a prequel of sorts to another book, Sourdough and Other Stories, and I regret reading the two books out of order. Either way, though, I look forward to reading it to see how the two books connect, and just to marvel at how Slatter writes her stories.