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Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

25 reviews

samburkhouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

achay91's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

deetabz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

I absolutely loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked a lot about this book.  I found the writing beautiful, and I feel like the author has handled serious and difficult themes -- intergenerational trauma especially -- very well.  I liked the last quarter of the book best, and found that while some questions were left unanswered, the ending was absolutely a satisfying conclusion.  I am not the most versed in Jewish myth, but I appreciated how it was interwoven into the story from what I do know; the historically informed chapters of the story are at times difficult reading, but are very, very well done.  What really didn't work for me was one of the two main contemporary characters (several other reviewers have gotten at why); I found Isaac a very frustrating character, and did not like the way the Isaac/Benji storyline in particular was written like it took place in a much earlier time period (Great Depression, perhaps?) than it did.
<i>Content warnings:</i> Antisemitism, genocide, murder, grief, self harm, blood, suicidal thoughts, animal death, animal cruelty, fire/fire injury, xenophobia, death, child death, violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Gore

Minor: Alcohol

emilysbookishlife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

mossgoblins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

This was hands-down the best story I’ve read in years. I might be a bit biased since my family history is not dissimilar to that of the Yaga’s, yet I believe anyone can appreciate the masterwork of GennaRose Nethercott in Thistlefoot. The plot is airtight, the characters complex and endearing, and the setting simply sparkling with life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Deportation

pins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

This book took me three tries to start and I almost dropped it because of that! But the third time it got it's claws into me and I'm so glad it did. 

A story about the importance of stories, how even if our talents may be unconventional, they're still worth something and about how we can affect those around us- even after were gone. 

"Kill the lantern, Raise the Ghost" 

P.S.

I would very much like to hold both Winnie and Bellatine's hands tyvm

P.S.S. I did listen to this at 1.75x speed, and I do think this tale works MUCH better in audio format than it would written. Plus January LaVoy does a really great job doing distinctive voices

especially for a very specific house

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

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

Minor: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Antisemitism, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment