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Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo

9 reviews

library_gremlin's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm

ellornaslibrary's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Self harm, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

In this installment in the Singing Hills Cycle, we explore grief, platonic love and devotion, and memory. Chih has returned to the abbey to discover their mentor has died, and that their warrior granddaughters have arrived with their mammoths (!) to claim the body. Chih and their fellow clerics learn more about memory and friendship from the neixin, and we learn more about Almost Brilliant and their lineage. This was such a moving reflection on grief, and is one of my favorites in the cycle so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse

calamario's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

asporkthief's review

adventurous emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse

f18's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, and Domestic abuse

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ezwolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Mammoths at the Gate is the fourth installment in The Singing Hills Cycle where we follow Cleric Chih and their companion Almost Brilliant as they collect stories and history on their travels. In this book Chih has returned home to their abbey to something amiss. 

This series is so fascinating and I love the way that the book uses stories from its characters to create the story we read. How once people are gone, its only the stories that remain. 

I am pleased to have Almost Brilliant and Chih reunited. I love their dynamic and Almost Brilliant is such an interesting character and meeting her daughter was so fun! Being back at the abbey also meant that most of the characters we met had gender neutral pronouns and presentation, I think this was the most characters using they/them pronouns I've read about all in one book. 

Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail