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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

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saenz's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

First part is kinda boring, but the story within the story is fuckin gold. Loved the characters. Hardcore mommy dom vibes lol

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orchidd's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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overbooked207's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

📖 When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo Book Review 📖

2nd book of January 2022 and 2nd of the year:

I loved the first book in this series, so I had to pick this up! Once again, I loved the beautiful, lush, and poetic writing and descriptions, the queerness in it, and the importance put on stories and storytelling. I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as the first one, but I still really enjoyed it and find myself liking it more the more I think about it, and I recommend picking it up! TW for death, blood and gore, animal attacks, animal cruelty, animal deaths, murder, cannibalism, cheating, confinement, sexual content, and violence🎧🐅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective tense medium-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

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syllareads's review

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adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was a work of art.

When the tiger came down the mountain is the second novella set in the same world by Nghi Vo and I've been looking forward to this for so long - and it did not disappoint!

The monk Chih is on their travels again, writing down stories as they find them when they get ambushed by three tigers together with their current travel companion, and have to unravel an old story about a tiger and a woman to save their life (and that of their companions for the night).

As always, Nghi Vo's writing style is simply impeccable and I found myself mesmerized from the very start. The way she weaves a story within the story, the way magic drips from every word and syllable,,,,and I can't forget the explicit gayness of it all. My notes for this novella are just full of "gay gay homosexual gay" because that is what Nghi Vo does to me: make me forget all comprehensive thoughts I ever had and just functional on my one bisexual braincell. Well done!

The way the story of the Tiger and the woman she fell in love with differs between what Chih knows and what the tigers tell them was fascinating to read about and the tender emotions, the wild abandon and feral ways of a tiger in love with a fragile mortal woman had me by the neck from start to finish. It is, I think, time to just aggressively shove Nghi Vo's works into everyone's face so they read all of her things.

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