Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

309 reviews

thewillowwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious fast-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 was such a fun read! Got through it in one sitting. I will definitely be reading this author’s other books. The characters were fun and the universe was so cool. The writing was great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

justmys's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Rich with loveable characters, great pacing and a gripping story.
A dark and refreshing fairy tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Infertility, Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Abortion, Blood, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

summermorning's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

miss_mar's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cannibalism

danlewisil's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

lizg60929's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-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 wonderful fantasy story woven from threads of old fairy tales. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

Spousal abuse

woolerys's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

Writing - 4/5 

Plot - 4/5 

Characters - 5/5 

World-building - 3/5 

Personal tastes - 5/5 

TOTAL:  4.2 

 

I wanted more of… everything? More blighted land, more haunted castle crypt, more fairy market, even more of the abbey. And more of most of the side characters, too—especially Agnes, who really needs her own book. 

I was debating whether to round my rating up or down; I decided the chickens count for enough on their own to round it up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse

linora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It gives off feminist lightly spooky princess bride-esqe vibes in the best way. 

My description of it is somewhat spoilery, but it's how I described it when recommending it to my sister. It is below. 

It is about a third born princess who finds out that prince charming has been abusing her sister. So she leaves the nunnery and teams up with a witch, a himbo, and a fairy godmother to go fucking kill him. 

I read the entire thing in less than 24 hours.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Slavery, Death, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

katebella's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.5

Took a long time to get into the book (almost halfway!) but really enjoyed once I did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism and Slavery