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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

26 reviews

saramarinho's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Death, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

wilybooklover's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

4.5

This author never fails for me! Such a unique, complex take on the classic fantasy quest. Less romance-y than the other books I’ve read from her but no less delightful. The typical T. Kingfisher formula: spooky and a little bit horrifying threaded with humour and underpinned by kindness and hope. Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Confinement, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Body horror, Child death, Murder, and Dementia

Minor: Rape, Abortion, Cannibalism, Torture, and Slavery

laurel616's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

oliviakateamerica's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

This book had EVERYTHING I loved. A girl being bad at being a princess, a soft hearted “evil” godmother, a wise-cracking crone, a possessed animal, AND a bone-dog!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gore

Moderate: Child death

naomi_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

el13's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I read this book in one sitting. It was amazing. Reading this was like walking into a dream. Automatically in my top 10. It makes me want to immediately go out and get more T. Kingfisher books. My only complaint is that I want more world-building info and more backstory on the characters, like what motivates the dust-mother and why

Marra and Fenris fall in love

. It's a shorter book, but I would have easily read it in one sitting even if it was twice as long. I think it should have been longer. I simply couldn't get enough. I want a sequel! I want a prequel! I want a TV series!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Gore, Violence, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Slavery, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking