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Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

Start date: June 1, 2024

Finish date: June 30, 2024

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Oct 29, 2022 Katerina rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 🌟

The trees were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen. The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires.

Nettle & Bone has to be one of the few books in the last year that I have come across that felt original, horrifyingly beautiful, and creative. While, I have moved passed my phase of "fairytales" and "retellings"...this one just stood out to me. I loved the premise/idea that the book had to offer and I didn't hesitate to delve in.

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Oct 20, 2023 Books_the_Magical_Fruit rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2023-read-in, fairytale, fantasy, worldbuilding-is-amazing, book-club-suggestions-mine

4.5 stars, rounded up. I loved it! It’s got kingdoms, princesses, evil regents, nuns, dust wives, fairy godmothers, curse children, sarcophagi, thief wheels, vengeful spirits, goblin markets, blistered lands, cursed cannibals and BONEDOGS!!

I love Kingfisher’s fascinating imagination and sense of humor. I have heard that some of her other books are more horror-focused, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get through all of her books (I can only handle so much horror), but I’m certainly going to tr ...more

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Jan 17, 2023 Naomi rated it liked it

This book felt like it was so close to a perfect book for me, but it fell short. I love dark fairytale-esque books. I love books about sisters and curses and weird magic, and this has all of it. I suppose my issue is that it felt a little half baked- I never felt close to any of the characters, and nothing happened for half a book, and then everything happened all at once in a way that almost felt too easy. This was good, just not what I wanted.

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