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arialovegreen's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
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? No
4.5
Nettle & Bone is the story of a shy nun who decides to kill a prince with absolutely no plan, and the family she finds along the way. It is funny, cute, macabre, intriguing, and mysterious all at once. A great singular read that weaves a tale of perfectly reasonable people doing some pretty insane things in some very silly ways for just causes.
The main cast of characters are endearing, contrary, and have so much human nuance to them that I absolutely adore. T. Kingfisher has a very unique writing style that strikes a balance between elaborative story telling and simplicity. I love their ability to explain just what needs to be explained, while keeping little mysteries alive.
I had a blast reading this book, and I look forward to reading some of T. Kingfisher's other works!
The main cast of characters are endearing, contrary, and have so much human nuance to them that I absolutely adore. T. Kingfisher has a very unique writing style that strikes a balance between elaborative story telling and simplicity. I love their ability to explain just what needs to be explained, while keeping little mysteries alive.
I had a blast reading this book, and I look forward to reading some of T. Kingfisher's other works!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Violence and War
manaledi's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is remarkably cute and lightheaded for a necromancer fantasy. The world building is thin, but it gets away with it because the details of court politics are tangential. It's a story about family and unlikely misfits and never gets all that deep
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexism, and Pregnancy
chele96's review
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
This book hooked me immediately. The story itself is simple but interesting and had me constantly excited to see what happened next. I do wish that we would have seen more focus on the three impossible tasks, specifically the events leading to the making of bonedog I felt like the story really skimmed over that part, which had potential for some really great world-building. I think leaving it out probably helped keep the story so fast paced, but I definitely feel like the story could have gone into more detail with world-building, but I suppose that leaving some things a mystery kept us grounded in the MC's perspective. It feels very in character for her to stay in the dark about how the world works.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Slavery
anandaclairity's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Murder
lifewithloopy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Child death, Death, and Miscarriage
perifairy's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Domestic abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Stopping the domestic violence is the driving force of the book, you see evidence of physical violence on page, everything else is off page and happens to a minor character.laynerinke's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, and Cannibalism
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
blueowl2ivy's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Murder
amberreadsgood's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
A really interesting spin on fairytales! I enjoyed the dark but whimsical horror vibe, and the writing was lovely and atmospheric.
These characters were really fun, a real hodgepodge group of unlikely friends and hooligans that were just so fun to read about. I wasn't super attached to our main character Marra, but it was funny watching the "normal" person in the group realise they are the normal one when the rest react to various upsetting/wild events as if they're just having tea 😆 I also appreciate the lengths she will go to to save her sister from her abusive tyrannical husband, full respect for turning to murder as a solution in this case 😎
The dust-wife and Agnes are easily the book's show stealers, the sugar and spice magical women of the book that have entertaining and funny banter and antics. I would read a sequel book about them.
Fenris is a man with muscles to chop wood and great googly-moogly at, if you ask the dust-wife and Agnes. He is nice, and I like him well enough.
There wasn't a whole lot of development for any of these characters throughout the book, they more or less stay the same throughout, but they're fun as they are so I'll go easy for that 😆
These characters were really fun, a real hodgepodge group of unlikely friends and hooligans that were just so fun to read about. I wasn't super attached to our main character Marra, but it was funny watching the "normal" person in the group realise they are the normal one when the rest react to various upsetting/wild events as if they're just having tea 😆 I also appreciate the lengths she will go to to save her sister from her abusive tyrannical husband, full respect for turning to murder as a solution in this case 😎
The dust-wife and Agnes are easily the book's show stealers, the sugar and spice magical women of the book that have entertaining and funny banter and antics. I would read a sequel book about them.
Fenris is a man with muscles to chop wood and great googly-moogly at, if you ask the dust-wife and Agnes. He is nice, and I like him well enough.
There wasn't a whole lot of development for any of these characters throughout the book, they more or less stay the same throughout, but they're fun as they are so I'll go easy for that 😆
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy
aoifer01's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Cannibalism