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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

4 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Vomit

elliejohnson_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I read this book in one sitting. It was amazing. Reading this was like walking into a dream. Automatically in my top 10. It makes me want to immediately go out and get more T. Kingfisher books. My only complaint is that I want more world-building info and more backstory on the characters, like what motivates the dust-mother and why

Spoiler

Marra and Fenris fall in love

. It's a shorter book, but I would have easily read it in one sitting even if it was twice as long. I think it should have been longer. I simply couldn't get enough. I want a sequel! I want a prequel! I want a TV series!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Gore, Violence, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Slavery, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

caseythereader's review

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-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

4.5

 - NETTLE AND BONE is a short, strange, wonderful book. It's both horrifying and funny, managing to balance a serious plot with delightfully weird characters.
- The group that Marra gathers along her journey is a great little ragtag crew, each character unique and full even with the book's brevity.
- I mean, don't you want to read a book that has both "burn the patriarchy" vibes AND a chicken possessed by a demon? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Alcohol, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

- NETTLE AND BONE is a short, strange, wonderful book. It's both horrifying and funny, managing to balance a serious plot with delightfully weird characters. - The group that Marra gathers along her journey is a great little ragtag crew, each character unique and full even with the book's brevity. - I mean, don't you want to read a book that has both "burn the patriarchy" vibes AND a chicken possessed by a demon?

affabletoaster's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Misogyny, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Alcohol, Dementia, Death of parent, Classism, Bullying, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Slavery