Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

120 reviews

yogomagpie's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It’s a quick read, and although some of it felt a bit rushed, it was overall a very refreshing story with solid characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

surelyinthefountain's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

I found this book very uneven. Some parts were exactly my speed, but I think the gaps between set pieces are too noticeable. I think there's this part maybe 2/3 of the way through where it hits its stride, but the ending itself (the ending after the ending) feels rushed. Like, hey, we didn't get an obligatory "the het pairing knocks boots" scene yet. And, hey, let's remove all stakes by

not having the dog be permanently killed off.

It isn't that I want the bad thing in my ending. I'm just a little like...why did you even bait us in the first place? Come now.
It's my own problem, I know. I've grown to despise more and more with time the type of story that has few narrative compunctions with horrible, unspeakably grim things happen to people -- but oh no! A CUTE ANIMAL? GETTING HURT? Well that's just unacceptable. (Yes that is unacceptable, and yes it's harmless, and yes it's not meant this way -- but I just can't quite divorce this trope in my brain from that type of specifically white person logic that builds gorgeous humane societies with full AC and heating for shelter pets while human rentals don't even have window AC units and those without homes are lucky to find even a shaded sidewalk square to park their bodies.)
I think I might be done with T. Kingfisher books btw. Sometimes, something should just 100% be your sort of thing, but it's just not vibing with you the way you feel like it should. And man, considering how common my complaint is for her books that I wish they'd go full creepy and drop the romance, I think her stuff may just not be the right formula for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

kettijane55's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

THIS BOOK IS ASTONISHING AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND AAAAAAA 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Sexual violence, Infertility, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Confinement

dexkit10's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death

tigerproofrock's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.75

A very unusual blend of more mature topics (such as domestic violence and pregnancy prevention) with a more childlike trustworthiness and simplicity of story. Gentle romance, a faithful dog, a cranky witch and a fairy godmother come along to keep the story safe enough. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cannibalism

genny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? No

4.75

This is the first of T. Kingfisher's books that I've tried, and I adored the writing style! Very classically "fairy tale"-esque, the beginning especially so. There's such a somber feel to the whole book and yet the punches of humor work well. You can kind of predict what will happen as it's a standard quest story, but the characters we meet along the way are so unique (and mostly loveable, save for ones like the curse-child...shudders), they make the journey worth it. There's a ton of creative ideas at play here without bogging down the plot!

I will say though that Marra doesn't come across as a 30-year-old (this is coming from someone nearing that age). Something about her manner kept making me think of her as a teenager. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Abortion, and Slavery

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Abortion, Body horror, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Slavery, and War

maribsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Death

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

I wish I could have given this a higher rating. I think my expectations were really high, so it might have been better to go in completely blind, with zero hype. I enjoyed the story, and the mismashed little questing group. I think I was wishing for more depth. It felt very much like a YA story, even through the mc is 30. I'm still going to check out more from this author though, as I'm sure I'll find something that hits just right.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

_sofia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.5

i ship agnes and the dustwife <3 the sunshine one loves the grumpy one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death