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
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.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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