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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, by Nghi Vo

8 reviews

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.75

I enjoyed this one much more than the previous book. Nghi Vo's writing is once again breath-taking and each time I love the narrator more as well as the morally grey, but passionate, sapphics that exist in their stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Stalking, Violence, Death, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

shaipanda's review against another edition

tense 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? No

5.0

Absolutely loved this 
It’s super reliant on/centered around storytelling which as the kid of a storyteller was really special and I appreciated 
Also the rep was 🥺 so nice and seeing a character using they/them without it being a big deal and a super casually included sapphic romance was super nice 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual content

cheye13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

talonsontypewriters's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, and Sexual content

Attacks and pursuit by animals. Brief forced marriage/relationship. Drugging/poisoning.

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

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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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

sarah984's review

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I liked this book even better than the first one. Cleric Chih is waylaid by shapeshifting tigers while travelling and tells them a story to try and keep themself alive. The writing is beautiful and imaginative, the world-building is great and I loved the dark humour. The way the story differed depending on who was telling it was a factor I really enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

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.

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Drug use, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity