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jiska_bloem's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
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
5.0
Loved this book, especially the found family she collected along the way. I would indeed consider this book cozy adjacent. It gave me a warm feeling, the stakes weren't high, but it did contain some dark elements.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage, Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
eleonorehilbig's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
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
this was a cute book.
the only real issue i had with it was the tone shift with it starting out quite grimly with lots of gory elements and then becoming a sort of lets go on an adventure with a bunch of people who dont seem to be who youd pick for that adventure. however i enjoyed it thoroughly especially the internal struggles of the mc and the topics that were discussed. all in all a great book.
the only real issue i had with it was the tone shift with it starting out quite grimly with lots of gory elements and then becoming a sort of lets go on an adventure with a bunch of people who dont seem to be who youd pick for that adventure. however i enjoyed it thoroughly especially the internal struggles of the mc and the topics that were discussed. all in all a great book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Pregnancy
taremeredzwatchirewa's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Violence
babs_books's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Pregnancy
mochikochicken's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? No
5.0
Dogs made of animated bones, dust wives, goblins, demonic chickens, fairy godmothers of questionable quality. It's about the inevitable darkness of being a woman and the hope they find in creating a community with each other. And Fenris is there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Murder
There is a scene where a character has a tooth extracted which could be triggering. It isn't painful but it is graphic in a weird way. Does not include a dentist.robin_reads's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
fallandfox's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
4.0
Princesa Marra após anos vendo sua irmã mais do meio sofrendo nas mãos do marido abusivo realiza que ela quem deve salvar sua irmã. Com a ajuda de uma bruxa de cemitério, uma fada madrinha, uma galinha possuída por um demônio e um antigo guerreiro. Juntos eles partem para libertar a família da Marra e o reino das mãos desse tirano.
Eu escolhi essa leitura como parte do meu semi objetivo de ler alguns dos livros que ganharam o goodreads choice awards do ano passado.
Eu precisava de uma fantasia diferenciada esses tempos então essa foi uma ótima experiência e pude entender porque muita gente estava gostando da leitura.
Quando eu terminei o livro só conseguia pensar em como eu queria ler ele de novo ou procurar outros livros da autora.
A escrita pra mim foi diferente do que estou acostumada em fantasias e de certa forma menos cansativa principalmente por não ter sido a minha leitura prioridade.
Eu não me senti muito conectada em relação ao ambiente mas não interferiu na minha leitura por estar curtindo a vibe do livro e ser fácil de ler.
Marra a personagem principal é uma princesa de um reino pequeno, e para este sobreviver a ataques precisa se unir por meio de casamentos com o maior reino, ela se encontra como uma freira como forma de o rei que era casado com sua irmã mais velha casou e depois morrei e agora sua irmã do meio casou com ele agora. Depois de observar o abuso que sua irmã esta sofrendo ela busca uma bruxa de cemitério para ajuda-la em sua jornada quando tudo começa.
A bruxa do cemitério é uma personagem bem interessante e de uma boa logica que as vezes faz falta nas aventuras, a gente não descobre sobre o passado dela porque não é importante para a historia mas isso não impediu de gostar dela, a galinha com o demônio nela foi bem engraçada mas não muito presente.
O guerreiro antigo era um homem que cometeu um ato bom mas que era considerado um ato imperdoável em seu povo e depois de escolhas que fez acabou sendo vendido por fadas onde foi comprado pela protagonista e a bruxa.
A fada madrinha é uma personagem engraçada que acaba modificando tudo oque a gente espera de uma fada madrinha na pratica mas ela se tornou minha favorita.
E uma historia com momento engraçados mas que não esquece de na sua jornada colocar o quão importante é a proteção que a princesa sente por sua irmã e sua vontade de salvar ela de um destino terrível que seria seu nas mãos do seu marido violento e abusivo.
Eu escolhi essa leitura como parte do meu semi objetivo de ler alguns dos livros que ganharam o goodreads choice awards do ano passado.
Eu precisava de uma fantasia diferenciada esses tempos então essa foi uma ótima experiência e pude entender porque muita gente estava gostando da leitura.
Quando eu terminei o livro só conseguia pensar em como eu queria ler ele de novo ou procurar outros livros da autora.
A escrita pra mim foi diferente do que estou acostumada em fantasias e de certa forma menos cansativa principalmente por não ter sido a minha leitura prioridade.
Eu não me senti muito conectada em relação ao ambiente mas não interferiu na minha leitura por estar curtindo a vibe do livro e ser fácil de ler.
Marra a personagem principal é uma princesa de um reino pequeno, e para este sobreviver a ataques precisa se unir por meio de casamentos com o maior reino, ela se encontra como uma freira como forma de o rei que era casado com sua irmã mais velha casou e depois morrei e agora sua irmã do meio casou com ele agora. Depois de observar o abuso que sua irmã esta sofrendo ela busca uma bruxa de cemitério para ajuda-la em sua jornada quando tudo começa.
A bruxa do cemitério é uma personagem bem interessante e de uma boa logica que as vezes faz falta nas aventuras, a gente não descobre sobre o passado dela porque não é importante para a historia mas isso não impediu de gostar dela, a galinha com o demônio nela foi bem engraçada mas não muito presente.
O guerreiro antigo era um homem que cometeu um ato bom mas que era considerado um ato imperdoável em seu povo e depois de escolhas que fez acabou sendo vendido por fadas onde foi comprado pela protagonista e a bruxa.
A fada madrinha é uma personagem engraçada que acaba modificando tudo oque a gente espera de uma fada madrinha na pratica mas ela se tornou minha favorita.
E uma historia com momento engraçados mas que não esquece de na sua jornada colocar o quão importante é a proteção que a princesa sente por sua irmã e sua vontade de salvar ela de um destino terrível que seria seu nas mãos do seu marido violento e abusivo.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, and Murder
breazy777's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Miscarriage, Slavery, and Pregnancy
eni_iilorak's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Torture and War
shirecrow's review against another edition
3.5
“The tress were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen. The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires.”
Nettle and Bone shows the dark side of fairytales. It’s very graphic, twisted, shocking, and very real in a magical kind of way.
A while ago I read “The Hallow Places” by T.Kingfisher and fell in love with the way they brought stories to life. Now a bit (…a lot) later I finally return to Kingfisher and was not disappointed.
Like I said, Nettle and Bone is a rather twisted fairytale so let’s start at the beginning.
The opening sentence is probably one of my favorite openers ever. I don’t know what it is about it but I loved it and reread it multiple times, giddy to continue. The entire first scene was brilliant. You’re basically thrown into the story and from then on you learn more and more while following our protagonist, Marra.
Oh, Marra. I enjoyed and hated her. Being naive is a very core trait of her character if intentional or not I cannot tell since she stays that way from page one to the very last word. She was so naive it made me mad but even worse was her judgmental nature. She thinks she has another person figured out so quick and gets disproven in the next sentence almost every single time. And yet she doesn’t learn. She doesn’t grow from these mistakes but she keeps making them; judging by first glance. It was exhausting because as soon as Marra exploded you knew there was an explanation coming.
Marra is supposedly 30 years old but felt more like a young adult than anything else. So do the other characters.
And that brings me to Marra’s companions. I loved the dust-witch and adored Agnes and Finder as much as I adored Bonedog and the demon chicken. Each character was fleshed out as much as a supportive/side character can be in a 300 page long stand-alone. The dust-wife reminded me a lot of Gandalf in the way she never backed out or flinched when someone challenged her. I enjoyed her power a lot. Agnes was lovely and brought a lightness and mother-like feeling which only benefited the story. Then there’s Fenris. I didn’t quite enjoy his character. There is something about the instant fall-in-love that I cannot stand. The constant need to remind us how tall and big and beefy and swooning he is just made me roll my eyes. I’m someone that doesn’t enjoy romance in the main group; it always tends to feel shallow in a way, forced.
Yet this group of found family touched my heart in the end. I was sad to let them go.
Now to the writing. Like I said earlier, Kingfisher already captured my heart in The Hollow Places and did it once again. I was surprised by how well they managed to write such a different story since a lot of authors find their genre and stick with it. Kingfisher doesn’t care. They break out and try something different and I loved it.
They have a brilliant way of spinning words and creating worlds. They write beautifully, with so much heart, but not enough to make your eyes roll into the back of your head. They bring the world and special places like a goblin market to life so easily that it’s burned into your brain.
The topics in this story are dark and so real. Having such issues portrayed and justice served in a way that real life victims should be able experience too is a bittersweet feeling.
If you’re a fan of chill fantasy with a real edge, this is for you.
Kingfisher has found the perfect balance between quest fantasy and daring discussions of real life abuse and other important, horrible issues.
Kingfisher has hooked me and I don’t think I’ll be able to let them go even if they released me themself. I already have What Moves The Dead sitting on my nightstand, waiting to be read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Grief, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy