Reviews tagging 'Death'

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

94 reviews

macaronoui's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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? N/A

5.0

What an incredible debut.

Firstly this book might be triggering for Ashkenazi Jews, Jews in general or people who have experienced generational trauma.

It is a beautiful book, but take your time with it as it is devastating.

The story is written absolutely beautifully and alternates Isaac, his sister Bellatine and Thistlefoot the walking house.

Their parents had a traveling puppet show about the fool who drowns.

A mysterious man, the longshadow man is hunting Thistlefoot.

The story weaves beautifully between fiction, historical fiction, magical realism and fantasy. I annotated so much in this book, here are two of my faves.

I highly highly recommend this book. I expect it will stay with me for a long time. 

“You can watch something and walk away after like you were never there. Witness is a testimony." He looked up. "With a witness, it could be like we never died."

“What is a house but a container for a life? What is a life but a container for a story? When a container is broken, it does not destroy the contents. It sets them free.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, and Violence

asainspace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

A clever, complicated fantasy about memory and trauma - I recommend for people who like Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Antisemitism, Animal death, and Xenophobia

cj13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child death

bellesunbridled's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Religious bigotry, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death, Child death, Genocide, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, and Self harm

Minor: War, Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence

jbird_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse

rachel75'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry

nico13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

A true masterpiece! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Antisemitism

shirarweiss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, Body horror, Genocide, War, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Religious bigotry

teaselkie's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Child death

deetabz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Antisemitism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Vomit