Reviews

Spear by Nicola Griffith

anactualcat's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

head_dink's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

4.0

swann303's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

hannahsuzanna's review against another edition

4.0

Simple and sweet - the narrator did a beautiful job reading it, felt like it was exactly what it needed to b

crimsoncor's review

5.0

The only problem with this book is that it is too short. The language is just so beautiful. As someone who feel in love with Malory's as a child, reading something that has the same feel but with so much more heart (and less smiting. God Malory loved a good smite) was such a job. I love how Griffith brings all her research into "dark ages" England into the King Arthur mythos and then just queers the fuck out of it.

swampbooks's review against another edition

3.0

Though the writing was itself was lovely, it didn’t feel wholly engaging. Probably evident by how long it took me to read a book of less than 200 pages.

I really only got through a few pages at the time; I never felt encouraged to read much more than that.

mgraceoliver's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.25

geo81's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

bridnich's review

adventurous fast-paced

4.5

lonestar91's review

adventurous 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

3.75