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wordwilderness's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
What a delightfully weird novella. I don’t know how Nghi Vo came up with the idea to write a triple-narrative, hostile campfire story-time, but she’s a genius for that.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, and Child death
Minor: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Confinement
*Cannibalism: mentions of tigers eating other tigers; tigers with human forms threaten to eat humans; one scene where human bites own hand and a tiger feeds on their blood. *Sexual assault: attempted forced marriage; threat of rape is implied.potatogrr's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
I love this author’s style of book, the episodic nature of storytelling and the natural interruptions are captured perfectly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Violence
nyoom's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Infidelity and Stalking
Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content
lucystolethesky's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
firefly's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity
mar's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
AHH from the nonbinary cleric who collects stories to the shapeshifting tiger and her scholar wife I am genuinely SO enchanted by this book. I especially loved the theme of how the same story can have many (even contrasting) versions, especially when told from different viewpoints, and the way the conflicts between the characters caused by that are used to drive the plot forward
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Animal death
spiritedfaraway's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
“What are you doing?”
“Telling a story.”
I thought I couldn’t love Nghi Vo’s writing more than I already did, but I was wrong. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain is the companion novella to The Empress of Salt and Fortune. It again follows Chih, a traveling cleric looking for history and stories to document, and involves a story within a story.
On this adventure Chih and their companions end up at the mercy of three fierce tiger sisters. Stranded and cold, to get out alive Chih must entertain the sisters with a story. But the tigers have their own version of the story and it varies wildly from the one Chih knows.
“Well, then? What’s the real story?”
In this novella you’ll find:
- a tiger/scholar sapphic courtship and romance.
- poetry.
- a traveling non-binary cleric too curious for their own good.
- a mammoth rider with a lance.
- three tiger sisters.
- storytelling and how truth can vary from retelling to retelling, from culture to culture.
- a tiger/scholar sapphic courtship and romance.
- poetry.
- a traveling non-binary cleric too curious for their own good.
- a mammoth rider with a lance.
- three tiger sisters.
- storytelling and how truth can vary from retelling to retelling, from culture to culture.
This novella was everything I wanted and more. I hope Nghi Vo continues to write about Chih and their adventures. These books have truly been a delight.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Drug use, Gore, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity
madarauchiha's review
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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This is the second in a loosely connected series and everything I wanted. I love the world built in the previous story, it's just barely connected to the previous one. It stands on its own, and perfectly so. It's got lesbian romance and a nonbinary they/them main character! Yes, oh my god, please write more??
minor drugs,
medium nudity, gore, body horror, cannibalism, death, murder,
This is the second in a loosely connected series and everything I wanted. I love the world built in the previous story, it's just barely connected to the previous one. It stands on its own, and perfectly so. It's got lesbian romance and a nonbinary they/them main character! Yes, oh my god, please write more??
minor drugs,
medium nudity, gore, body horror, cannibalism, death, murder,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Infidelity, Gore, and Death
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