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Chargement... Nettle & Bone (édition 2022)par T Kingfisher (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book came highly recommended by many people, so I gave it a chance expecting to love it. Ultimately, I found the book was just okay. I like the concept, and there were some really cool ideas (bonedog and demon chicken being standouts), but it felt underdeveloped. The book itself is only 250 pages, so we don't get into worldbuilding (who is the lady of grackles? Who is Agnes' mother?), and the relationship between Marra and her love interest doesn't get the room to develop. The fact that we have two kingdoms simply named "the Northern Kingdom" and "the Southern Kingdom" only adds to my issue with the worldbuilding. Though I liked it, it felt like the kind of book that could be great if it was developed further. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure. This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's the one where she kills him. Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn't so fortunate-and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful and abusive prince. Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks: -build a dog of bones -sew a cloak of nettles -capture moonlight in a jar But, as is the way in tales of princes and witches, doing the impossible is only the beginning. Hero or not-now joined by a disgraced ex-knight, a reluctant fairy godmother, an enigmatic gravewitch and her fowl familiar-Marra might finally have the courage to save her sister, and topple a throne. "Nettle & Bone is the kind of book that immediately feels like an old friend. Fairytale mythic resonance meets homey pragmatism in this utterly delightful story. It's creepy, funny, heartfelt, and full of fantastic characters I absolutely loved!" -Melissa Caruso, author of The Tethered Mage Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This is my first T. Kingfisher and my expectations were very high, but I didn’t love it. The overall plot was fine, and spending time with the characters was nice, but the message was a little muddled. I really enjoyed the use of bits and pieces of various fairy tales, without a straight retelling. I thought the logic and plan of killing the prince didn’t really make sense. The only way it could have worked out without making the whole situation worse was the way that it did end up going, which was not according to plan and a little too convenient. I’ll definitely pick up more Kingfisher but I was not blown away. ( )