Reviews

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

kristenv's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ginny12221's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0


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melie_belie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

ricebucket's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.5

mari_etha's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Beautiful 

neelamreadsalot's review against another edition

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4.0

It’s been a long time since I read a story that actually felt like a fairytale/folklore. I really enjoyed this book. I wasn’t a fan of how many nicknames each character had. Each character was referred to with a minimum of 3 names and the author just expects that you keep up with remembering who’s who. The ages of the characters are also hazy and vague which makes some of the relationships questionable. Gonna go ahead and give the author the benefit and assume everyone is at least at a consenting age.

bluechew's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

book_explorer's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad slow-paced

3.5

clouddhart's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

3.75

wowzer!! i absolutely fell in love with the prose and the atmosphere in this, and i wish we could've kept the slow paced, more family focused storytelling to the end.

to all the men in this book, i have only one thing to say: GET A JOB, STAY AWAY FROM HER

nixyzen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0