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Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
Apr. 20th, 2023 09:45 amNettle and Bone
4/5. A grown up fairy tale about the princess sent off to a convent for political reasons gathering up friends and allies and going to rescue her sister married off to an abusive prince.
Lovely. This hits all the beats – struggle, companionship, self-realization – as expected, but never boringly. This is a feminist rage fairy tale, but it lets that rage be complicated in the way such personal things are; the handling of the mother, who sent her daughters into hell with some amount of knowledge, is particularly deft. Oh, and there’s a horrifying bone doggo who is a very good boy.
Mostly, though, I would read the adventures of the Dustwife and Agnes for a really long time. Hello, Yuletiders.
Content notes: References to domestic abuse, murder, miscarriage, difficult childbirth, child loss, coerced childbearing.
4/5. A grown up fairy tale about the princess sent off to a convent for political reasons gathering up friends and allies and going to rescue her sister married off to an abusive prince.
Lovely. This hits all the beats – struggle, companionship, self-realization – as expected, but never boringly. This is a feminist rage fairy tale, but it lets that rage be complicated in the way such personal things are; the handling of the mother, who sent her daughters into hell with some amount of knowledge, is particularly deft. Oh, and there’s a horrifying bone doggo who is a very good boy.
Mostly, though, I would read the adventures of the Dustwife and Agnes for a really long time. Hello, Yuletiders.
Content notes: References to domestic abuse, murder, miscarriage, difficult childbirth, child loss, coerced childbearing.