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Daina
Nov 17, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: favorite-books, young-adult
The Bear and the Nightingale is a captivating read. Katherine Arden is incredibly talented at setting the scene and making the reader feel as though they are right there in medieval Russia. The storyline was easy to follow and enjoyable, and I'm looking forward to finishing this series.

Arden's strengths are her settings and her characterization. The way she describes winter in Russian villages and the way she describers Vasya's ethereal beauty are just a few examples of her skill with words. Unf ...more
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Megan
Feb 13, 2019 rated it really liked it
A wonderful re-imagining of Russian fairy tales. I really liked the way that Arden leaned on some tropes (the jealous, evil stepmother, for one) but inverts others, ((view spoiler)). Plus, there's great politics and intrigue that keeps pushing the plot forward in ways that I wouldn't have expected ...more
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Rongrong
Jul 21, 2019 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasty-sf, 2019-finished
Only the second audiobook I’ve ever finished. Really enjoyed the narrator’s pronunciation of names & places. A lovely, well-spun tale - is it a fairy tale retelling? I’ve no idea. It reads a bit like a fairy tale, though the characters have mundane concerns that make them relatable, within themes that resonate. Family ties, belief systems, traditions, change - what is our obligation to each of these, and to ourselves? I liked the building of Vasya’s relationships with the chyerti and the horses, ...more
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Denise
Mar 13, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Abe
Oct 15, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, fantasy, horror
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Feb 24, 2018 rated it liked it
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Amy W
Jun 20, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Nov 11, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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