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I think I loved this even more the second time around.
"The Bear and the Nightingale" is a book from the Russian folklore that the truth I have another book that I wasn't fond of the way the story made me despise the book, and I didn't pick up another with the same subject. But Katherine Arden does a remarkable job with the ambiance and the magical realism of the story.
I am also sure that even I read and listened to both books, I believe "The Bear and the Nightingale" story and narrator, Kathleen Gati, did an outstanding job, and it is the reason I ...more
I am also sure that even I read and listened to both books, I believe "The Bear and the Nightingale" story and narrator, Kathleen Gati, did an outstanding job, and it is the reason I ...more
I liked it a lot.
There were certain parts I would have done differently... for example, it would have been better if the household had taught Anna what the house spirits were and how to honor them... but then the book would not have been the same.
There were certain parts I would have done differently... for example, it would have been better if the household had taught Anna what the house spirits were and how to honor them... but then the book would not have been the same.
An amazingly well-told fairy tale. Arden does a brilliant job of mixing together medieval Russia and Russian folk customs. In the north of Russia, where the winter fills up most of the year, a wealthy boyar lives with his family. His beautiful wife, with magical powers, dies giving birth to their youngest child, a girl known as Vasya. The arrival of a half-mad stepmother who is a religious zealot and a conceited priest sets in motion a coming conflict between good and evil, not only between the
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I'm clearly in the minority for rating this book! I had trouble keeping up with who's who between all the spirits, creatures, etc. I did love Vasya as a character. I could read a few chapters and then put the book down for several days. The writing itself was very good, so perhaps this wasn't my cup of tea.
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Very atmospheric of medieval Russian fairytales and an unbelievably well-written first novel!
3.5 / 5
Kinda predictable.
Kinda predictable.
Dec 16, 2018
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