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laurenbaggy's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Bullying
kbojan's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying
lycheeteareads's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Bullying
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Toxic friendship and Injury/Injury detail
antimony's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
marinka lives in a house on chicken legs with her grandmother, and is training to be a yaga, a guardian of the Gate that the dead pass through to reach the afterlife. but she doesn't want to be a yaga -- she wants to go down to the world of the living, to stay in one place for more than a couple of weeks, and most importantly, to make friends. but then she does make a friend, and she breaks all of baba's rules, and baba disappears, and it's up to marinka to save her.
this was very fun :) i liked the yagas and i really liked that benjamin is kind of a red herring because you read the dust jacket and think he's the friend it's talking about but actually marinka's friendship with him is completely fine. i wish we'd gotten more baba yaga time and i wish she'd been a bit more menacing but oh well. ALSO i love the cover it reminds me of stop motion animation for some reason.
this was very fun :) i liked the yagas and i really liked that benjamin is kind of a red herring because you read the dust jacket and think he's the friend it's talking about but actually marinka's friendship with him is completely fine. i wish we'd gotten more baba yaga time and i wish she'd been a bit more menacing but oh well. ALSO i love the cover it reminds me of stop motion animation for some reason.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Bullying
typedtruths's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Bullying
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
➸ Trigger warnings for minor blood and injury depiction, grief and loss depiction (theme), death of a mother and father in a house fire mentioned, death of an adopted grandmother (on-page), death of a child from illness mentioned, housefire (on-page), bullying, and mentions of a homeless child.dorianablu83's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
this was a reread, I first read it when I was 12/13 and now re reading it as a 16 years old is still amazing. it's an amazingly written book, so beautiful with a really enjoyable and interesting plot. the characters are very lovely and I felt so immersed in the book's story and kinda wished I was in it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Child death
chattie_the_mad_chatter's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
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? Yes
5.0
This book was so heartwarming, I loved the exploration of the protagonist and the secondary characters. The world of the yaga's was magical and also a really healthy and beautiful attitude to coping with death.
The themes of family, friendship what you want, being truthful and open with people who love you was beautifully done. I hugged the book at the end.
The themes of family, friendship what you want, being truthful and open with people who love you was beautifully done. I hugged the book at the end.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
jeanniea's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The main character appeared to face and reface similar obstacles within herself and her growth was a roller coaster ride, tho i suppose that's how real life growth is. It was difficult to relate to the mc, but she's also a child. I expected more consistency in the mc and her gradual learning, but it took this character LOTS of trial and error to get to where she got.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Bullying, Grief, and Toxic friendship
bitterseason's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent
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