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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

92 reviews

tallulahlucy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Classism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Rape, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Violence

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and Body horror

Minor: Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Torture, Physical abuse, War, Cannibalism, and Violence

lilos_bookcase's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death and Miscarriage

Minor: Cannibalism

issyfrp99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cannibalism

little_rainbow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

niftynaturalist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was such a delight to read. It covers some hard topics, so pay attention to the content warnings, but most things weren’t graphic or explicit. 

While telling a completely fresh and original narrative, this book holds on to the tone and energy of traditional fairy tales. Marra, the youngest princess of a small kingdom trying to avoid being taken over, sets off to free her older sister of a terrible and cruel husband and picks up a real cast of characters along the way, including the dust-wife, a warrior, and a godmother who is not entirely what she seems. To do so, she must complete seemingly impossible tasks and travel to faraway lands. Each character is flawed but beautifully well rounded and complex. T. Kingfisher does an excellent job of weaving a tale that constantly keeps you engaged and wondering what’s next, and wraps up with a satisfying (if a bit open) ending. 

I enjoyed every moment of this book, the heartbreaking and the hopeful. If you are someone who enjoys fairy tales and fairy tale retellings, you will love this book.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Cannibalism

One thing that is more graphic has to do with teeth; there is a short scene where

Spoiler

the MC has a tooth magically removed and feels her teeth “dancing” in their sockets.

xta_07's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 A captivating dark fairy tail about a grown princess’ journey to save her sister from an abusive prince. 

 

This story took a bit to get going but once it did, I was fully invested. The characters are introduced slowly one by one, and each has an important part to play. Whether it be for comic relief, like the demon chicken, or helping our protagonist, Marra, reach her goal of killing a prince. 

 

I really loved this tale of found family, and bond that they create on their journey. The author also does a great job of walking the line of creepy and spooky but not scary. I might even call this a cozy horror novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage

Minor: Cannibalism

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, War, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cannibalism

discarded_dust_jacket's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I hate saying this because I do genuinely like T. Kingfisher and I know everyone adores this book, but it was a miss for me.

Despite having so many elements that I typically enjoy in a story—the found family, the endearing and quirky characters, the grown protagonists, the gentle romance element, the dark fairytale subject matter—I was struggling to push through the entire time I was reading. I’m not sure if it was just the slow pacing but I could not force myself at any point to be invested in what was going on.

I don’t think it was poorly written at all, I simply think it wasn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cannibalism and Animal death

ellekhupe's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Painfully mediocre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Miscarriage

Minor: Cannibalism