Tender Morsels in Aussie Readers

Mar 01, 2011 Kate Forsyth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

This is a truly extraordinary book, and one that lingers in the mind for a long time afterwards. The language is astonishingly good – bold, original, unexpected – and the story itself takes all kinds of surprising directions. I really think it’s going to be one of the best books of the year (OK, OK, I know it was published in 2008, but sometimes it takes me a while to get to a book!) It’s only occasionally that I finish a book with a real sense of awe, but this book delivered me that. If you hav ...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Lauredhel rated it it was amazing

Whew, that was an intense ride. I must say that I disagree with Bitch Mag's assessment of this book (caution if googling, spoilers abide within). There is grimness aplenty in this book, but also various joys, fierce love, weird-arse carnival-type themes (not the circus kind), a good helping of thorny, intricate dilemmas, and an acknowledgement and exploration of humanity's bleaker urges.

If I were going to be concerned about any tropes in it, it would be the racial and little-person issues more ...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Penni Russon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Mar 21, 2021 Aphie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, fantasy

Allegorical, layered, narratively intriguing, deeply inspired by traditional folktales. This is an astonishing book. I will be revisiting it regularly.

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