Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

83 reviews

sadetanssija's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

bwoo's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Body horror

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

figsofpeach's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

madamenovelist's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

anispaperbacks's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

WAAHHH I'm so glad I picked this up after adoring What Moves the Dead. This was so sweet and I just treasured Toadling and Halim the whole time they were such enjoyable and lovely characters. T. Kingfisher never fails to write in an unexplainably beautiful and strange manner. She's really such an inspiration for me. Her retellings are written in a way where you don't always realise or remember that it is a retelling, but the fact still sits there, coming back to you at parts. I think that's a sign of a good retelling, in my opinion anyway. That it can be lost in its own otherness from the original and not just stand there using the original as a crutch or marketing point. Thornhedge was just delightful. It really felt like such a comfort and sweet book, despite the horror of a child animating the dead and torturing animals. 

I was so engaged this whole time, never waiting for the last page to come, never finding my self thinking "ughh I could read one more chapter I suppose. Then i can stop". When I wasn't reading this, I was looking forward to coming back to it. I really just enjoyed every second of it, which was so refreshing after the few reading months I've had.

Toadling's story spoke to me at times, about isolation, loneliness, not fitting in, and critiquing yourself by the standards of others. Ha. The story about changelings is relatable to the autistic person who would have guessed. And also - I'm just always down for a slightly gruesome story, especially if it features freak mer type people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

fyre_flies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

shae_purcell's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

A really sweet story of friendship and adventure. But mostly friendship. It does have its dark moments, but the characters are lovable (well, most of them) and there were a few pages that had me on the edge of my seat.

I love a happy ending. 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Violence, and Grief

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

T. Kingfisher is a master at creating tales that feel both familiar and fresh. A great, atmospheric novella that warms your heart to these imperfect characters. There is depth in these characters that is subtle and stays with you a long time. I want more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing

iaraya's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death