The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1) in Around the Year in 52 Books

Jun 07, 2018 Kavitha Sivakumar rated it really liked it

Shelves: ir-armchair-2018

A Russian fairy tale retold with some modifications, I guess. Didn't expect to finish this book this fast. Want to read some actual Russian fairy tales. ...more

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Jan 10, 2018 Baroness Ekat rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reading-challenge, aty-2018

An absolutely, wonderfully told fairy tale. I have been fascinated by Russian and Slavic tales and stories for some time and this had all the elements that made this perfect. The young girl, made motherless at an early age (in this case birth) who has always been seen as odd. The overly doting father who wants the best for his children who remarries to provide a good female influence in the house. The step mother who for some reason doesn't like the girl. Creatures/spirits/fairies/sprites of the ...more

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Jun 19, 2020 Hannah Peterson rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: aty-2019-2020

I really wanted to like this one. It had all the elements of a book I would like: the historical setting, the fantasy, the strong female character, the folklore. And so I kept trying to give it a chance, even though the writing felt overdone to me, the dialogue stilted, the characters distant. I didn't mind the slow moving plot, at first, or the fact that I kept getting confused by the characters' reactions and motivations. But I just never got pulled in. This book had no narrative urgency for m ...more

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Jun 15, 2018 Nicki rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fairy-tales, 2018

This just didn't grab me. It should have done. It was very well written. But in spite of the writing I just found it a bit of a chore... Lots of other people seem to love it though, so give it a try. ...more

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