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The Tangleroot Palace: Stories by Marjorie Liu

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kevinmccarrick's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

a very beautiful collection of short stories, like dark tangled vines that shine with a poisonous gleam in the night. i really enjoyed marjorie m. liu's writing and cannot wait to read more from her !

ohclaire's review

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3.0

I read this around trips so I barely remember it...oops

spinecorset's review

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adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

delightful_lilac's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

pbraue13's review

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4.0

A pretty darn solid collection of short stories! My favorites include, "Sympathy for the Bones", "The Briar & the Rose", "The Last Dignity of Man", and the titular story, "The Tangleroot Palace". For my official ratings of each story see below, but otherwise this collection was full of some great fantasy treats that I am so glad I picked up and read per a coworkers recommendation.

- "Sympathy for the Bones" 4.5/5 stars
- "The Briar & the Rose" 5/5 stars
- "The Light & the Fury" 2.5/5 stars
- "The Last Dignity of Man" 5/5
- "Where the Heart Lives" 3/5
- "After the Blood" 2/5
- "The Tangleroot Palace" 4.5/5

aranafyre's review

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5.0

Usually with short story collections I like some hopefully love some and unfortunately feel meh about some. But with this I loved them all. I was drawn into every world and loved every tale. I often wanted to spend even more time with the characters and the worlds. (Though the length of the stories was masterful.) I am a huge fan of Monstress and there are many similar themes and tones and characters between these tales and that comic series. That was not a bad thing per say but it did distract me a little from the current story I was reading if I was thinking of Monstress too much. In short I loved this and I want to read her other novels.

chaosandbooks's review

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4.0

The stories waver as hits and misses for me, but throughout each I enjoyed the atmospheric and descriptive language Liu uses to set each story. It has a modern Grimm fairy tale vibe that fans of Neil Gaiman and Holly Black will enjoy.