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lbarsk's review against another edition
4.0
*banging pots and pans while riding your ceiling fan* YEP DEFINITELY! YES! INDEED! HOO BUDDY! MOST CERTAINLY! HERE WE ARE!
nanlikesbooks14's review
4.0
Beautifully written. Very haunting and strongly reminiscent of many of my favorite myths and fairytales. But I have mixed feelings about that ending. It seems inevitable, and yet, depending on how you interpret it, I'm almost a little disappointed.
Still, I found the book both pleasantly familiar and unique.
Still, I found the book both pleasantly familiar and unique.
robbynjreeve's review
MARTINE LEAVITT/FANTASY
Keturah follows a hart into the forest one day, becoming hopelessly lost. There she remains until the brink of death, and then she meets him. Lord Death. Winning him over with her storytelling skills, Keturah is able to persuade Lord Death to grant her another day and if she finds love then she will be free to go on living her life, otherwise she must return to him. Leavitt's novel combines fantasy and romance in a new way, that keeps you reading until the end, determined to discover what is to become of Keturah and how her story will end.
Keturah follows a hart into the forest one day, becoming hopelessly lost. There she remains until the brink of death, and then she meets him. Lord Death. Winning him over with her storytelling skills, Keturah is able to persuade Lord Death to grant her another day and if she finds love then she will be free to go on living her life, otherwise she must return to him. Leavitt's novel combines fantasy and romance in a new way, that keeps you reading until the end, determined to discover what is to become of Keturah and how her story will end.
wonder_jenn's review
3.0
It was going to be a 4 stars until the ending that was too underwhelming.
The characters were interesting. Keturah knows what she wants and will do everything to get it. She loves her people deeply. Her best friends, Gretta and Beatrice, are great. They are loyal and supportive. I loved Gretta the most.
Like I said, the ending was underwhelming... Keturah's decision didn't make sense. <spoiler I never felt her love or her attraction for Lord Death. I can see why Lord Death would love a smart, good and brave mind but the opposite didn't work.
It was nice, easy tale. Almost cozy.
The characters were interesting. Keturah knows what she wants and will do everything to get it. She loves her people deeply. Her best friends, Gretta and Beatrice, are great. They are loyal and supportive. I loved Gretta the most.
Like I said, the ending was underwhelming... Keturah's decision didn't make sense. <spoiler I never felt her love or her attraction for Lord Death. I can see why Lord Death would love a smart, good and brave mind but the opposite didn't work.
It was nice, easy tale. Almost cozy.
betharanova's review
4.0
Younger than I expected for this sort of thing, but still good! A quick, satisfying read, just what it says on the tin. Fairy tale bargains, romance, Death is hot. Death's hotness is in fact keeping the rating up beyond my two complaints, which were: we spent way too much time on the wrong man and also pies, and Keturah could be a painful POV character at times. Still worth it for that prose and mmmm tension.
starfire_rhexia's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
5.0
destobie's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
xaqrii's review
4.0
MARTINE LEAVITT/FANTASY REQUIREMENT
Keturah and Lord Death is about young Keturah who becomes lost in the woods and encounters Lord Death. Using her story-telling skills, she escapes dying for one day unless she can find her true love. As she searches for love, and tries to protect her village from the plague, Keturah continually talks Death out of taking her. The reader, and Keturah, soon realize that Death loves Keturah, and that she has seen him all her life. After turning down a proposal from the village's young lord, Keturah goes to Death willingly, becaues she realizes that she loves him and always has. The book is predictable but the writing is simple and beautiful. The moral of loving death for what it is proves to be a really intersting and valuable lesson for readers. This would be a great book for more observant readers. To really get the message of the book, the reader really has to look closely. The closer the reader is willing to read, the more the book opens up and the reader realizes how beautiful and profound the thext actually is.
Keturah and Lord Death is about young Keturah who becomes lost in the woods and encounters Lord Death. Using her story-telling skills, she escapes dying for one day unless she can find her true love. As she searches for love, and tries to protect her village from the plague, Keturah continually talks Death out of taking her. The reader, and Keturah, soon realize that Death loves Keturah, and that she has seen him all her life. After turning down a proposal from the village's young lord, Keturah goes to Death willingly, becaues she realizes that she loves him and always has. The book is predictable but the writing is simple and beautiful. The moral of loving death for what it is proves to be a really intersting and valuable lesson for readers. This would be a great book for more observant readers. To really get the message of the book, the reader really has to look closely. The closer the reader is willing to read, the more the book opens up and the reader realizes how beautiful and profound the thext actually is.
seshoptaw's review
5.0
I love this book! Keturah and Lord Death is such a wonderful story. It's different, intriguing, and romantic. The author did an amazing job with her writing style, which is simple but incredibly eloquent. This book deserves nothing less than 5 stars.
(There are unhidden spoilers, so don't read if you don't want the story spoiled)
While out in the garden one day, Keturah sees a hart (ie deer) and fascinated by the creature, she follows him into the woods. However, when she loses him and looks around, she is lost. Although she tries to find her way back to her cottage, she cannot and for 3 days she wonders the woods. On the last day, weak from her journey as well as a lack of food and water, Keturah sits down to rest and waits for Death to take her. When Lord Death arrives, Keturah, who was known for her story-telling abilities, tells Death a story. But she denies him the ending, saying that she will tell it tomorrow if he gives her one more day. Lord Death is intrigued and agrees.
Each night, Keturah is to meet Lord Death and to go with him. Lord Death is bewitched by her and he tells her he will make her his bride. But Keturah foils his plans. Instead of ending her first story, she begins another one about Lord Death himself. Keturah has courage and wit and much to his surprise, Lord Death has fallen in love with her. Their history is long and Death has walked with Keturah always. She was born into death and has come face to face with him many times. Unlike most, she has always been able to see him.
Keturah uses the knowledge that Lord Death loves her and begs Lord Death for the lives of Goody Thompson and her baby first, then her grandmother, and finally that Death would save her village from the plague. Although Death does not want to grant her these gifts for death comes for everyone eventually, Death cannot refuse her, and so her people live. When the fair and the King arrive, everything is perfect. Her people are glowing and healthy, roads have been built, everyone wears new cloths, and her friends are with the men they love. Keturah is happy for them but she comes to the dawning realization that her friends' lives are moving on and passing her by. Keturah comes to understand that the thing she's been trying to avoid is the very thing she needs. She finally comprehends that the sun could not be so bright without the night and that happiness would not be quite so sweet without knowing sorrow. So, at the end of the day, she ventures back into the wood in search of the one thing she no longer wants to avoid. She searches for Lord Death and Death finds her. When she tells him she is ready for him to take her and make her his bride, Death cannot bear it and tells her he will return her to her family and friends. But Keturah does not want to return. She's in love with him too. So Lord Death takes her up on his stead and so ends life as Keturah knows it.
This story is beautiful. It is fascinating and the author wove the story in such a way that drew me completely into her world. I have no real complaints. I do wish that the author hadn't ended where she did, because I would love to know what happened after Keturah and Lord Death rode away, but even though I hate that it didn't tell me more, the ending was beautiful in and of itself. I would definitely recommend this to all of my friends.
(There are unhidden spoilers, so don't read if you don't want the story spoiled)
While out in the garden one day, Keturah sees a hart (ie deer) and fascinated by the creature, she follows him into the woods. However, when she loses him and looks around, she is lost. Although she tries to find her way back to her cottage, she cannot and for 3 days she wonders the woods. On the last day, weak from her journey as well as a lack of food and water, Keturah sits down to rest and waits for Death to take her. When Lord Death arrives, Keturah, who was known for her story-telling abilities, tells Death a story. But she denies him the ending, saying that she will tell it tomorrow if he gives her one more day. Lord Death is intrigued and agrees.
Each night, Keturah is to meet Lord Death and to go with him. Lord Death is bewitched by her and he tells her he will make her his bride. But Keturah foils his plans. Instead of ending her first story, she begins another one about Lord Death himself. Keturah has courage and wit and much to his surprise, Lord Death has fallen in love with her. Their history is long and Death has walked with Keturah always. She was born into death and has come face to face with him many times. Unlike most, she has always been able to see him.
Keturah uses the knowledge that Lord Death loves her and begs Lord Death for the lives of Goody Thompson and her baby first, then her grandmother, and finally that Death would save her village from the plague. Although Death does not want to grant her these gifts for death comes for everyone eventually, Death cannot refuse her, and so her people live. When the fair and the King arrive, everything is perfect. Her people are glowing and healthy, roads have been built, everyone wears new cloths, and her friends are with the men they love. Keturah is happy for them but she comes to the dawning realization that her friends' lives are moving on and passing her by. Keturah comes to understand that the thing she's been trying to avoid is the very thing she needs. She finally comprehends that the sun could not be so bright without the night and that happiness would not be quite so sweet without knowing sorrow. So, at the end of the day, she ventures back into the wood in search of the one thing she no longer wants to avoid. She searches for Lord Death and Death finds her. When she tells him she is ready for him to take her and make her his bride, Death cannot bear it and tells her he will return her to her family and friends. But Keturah does not want to return. She's in love with him too. So Lord Death takes her up on his stead and so ends life as Keturah knows it.
This story is beautiful. It is fascinating and the author wove the story in such a way that drew me completely into her world. I have no real complaints. I do wish that the author hadn't ended where she did, because I would love to know what happened after Keturah and Lord Death rode away, but even though I hate that it didn't tell me more, the ending was beautiful in and of itself. I would definitely recommend this to all of my friends.