A review by fenfriend
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
dont read unless you like hearing an adolescent girl sexualized by adult men constantly.  it's excused with "but it's medieval times!" well, yeah. but there are also fairies in the forest. what are we choosing to be realistic about here.

 I thought maybe it was supposed to be obvious that those men were gross but
the adolescent MC ends up in a relationship with an ancient god. we are supposed to be ok with this.  unpack that.
the prose is beautiful but not worth the... everything else. 
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