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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

47 reviews

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this entry in the Singing Hills cycle, particularly for its execution of the story-within-a-story framework and how dryly humorous it feels. Vo's reflection on how stories are told - and by whom - is conveyed through a tense encounter between our loveably nerdy cleric and three sister tigers they've encountered during a northern journey into the mountains. A quick and exciting read that had me laughing throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, and Violence

indeedithappens's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Grief, Self harm, Alcohol, Colonisation, Gore, Infidelity, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

ko_rax's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Violence, and Murder

o_romeo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Stalking, Self harm, Infidelity, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content and Drug abuse

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, and Stalking

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Death, and Blood

kuporeads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

daniellekat's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This was the third book I've read in this series and definitely my favourite. I loved the way the story was told with the interjections from the tigers. I thought I would miss the banter between Almost Brilliant and Chih but it was a great choice by the author to exclude Almost Brilliant for this one. My only criticism was that the ending felt rushed but otherwise this was fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gore

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

'When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain' by Nghi Vo is the second installment in the Singing Hills Cycle. Similar to the first novella, it follows cleric Chih on their adventures collecting stories. This time they have to use a story to save their life when they are captured by a band of tigers. To stall for time they retell a story of a tiger and their lover to their tiger captors and in the process, learn the true version of the story that the tigers hold.
This is a great follow-up to the first installment and continues a great novella series that I can't wait to read more of. Vo's prose is evocative and weaves an engaging story. I appreciate that this series slowly unfolds the world through individual stories that are given their own time to shine in their own novellas. The set up of the story, similar to that of One Hundred and One Nights, works incredibly well in novella form and fits perfectly with Chih's work collecting stories. I'm excited to read more in this series and see what stories Chih collects next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence