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jkpiowa's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Animal death
larremor's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War and Death
mithren's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A very british kind of humor (for all that the author is american). Reminds me of Pratchett.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Moderate: Child death and War
Minor: Speciesismdisplacedcactus's review
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Don't start your Kingfisher journey with this one -- it's 10 years old and it shows. The depiction of goblins draws on some Indigenous imagery (tribal markings and coup counters), and the depiction of wizards combines mental illness and what felt like autism in a not particularly enlightened way. It's still an enjoyable book in other ways, and you can see a lot of the elements that Kingfisher has honed over the years to become the author she is today, but it is NOT her best work.
Like most of Kingfisher's work, this one is simultaneously light and dark. The goblins are silly and loveable, our veterinarian is the James Herriot of the elven world, and yet, there's a really dark sequence involving what happened to the nearby village.
Like most of Kingfisher's work, this one is simultaneously light and dark. The goblins are silly and loveable, our veterinarian is the James Herriot of the elven world, and yet, there's a really dark sequence involving what happened to the nearby village.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Animal death
Moderate: Ableism and Child death
Minor: Violence
The unicorn birthing scene is literally like something out of All Creatures Great and Small. If you know, you know.ruuntvoces's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Death
greymalkin's review
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Amusing, with some clever world building that manages to feel complete. Please note the content warnings, as the book ricochets a little jarringly from sly humor, to the demoralization of war, to potty humor, to graphic descriptions of corpses, and round about again, to so be prepared for that. Sings-to-Trees is pretty great, I kinda want a whole book on the elven veterinarian.
Content warnings do not include warnings about graphic descriptions of dead people and animals. There is also much talk of war injuries and death. Also there's a bit of goblin racism that feels a little too close to making a real-world racism generalization, and a character that could be agender or trans being labeled female because they are small and shy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Body horror
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Racism
havelock's review
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death
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