Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
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lightreadsNettle 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.
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Date: 2023-04-21 12:04 pm (UTC)Ditto about the dustwife and Agnes. Also, what a killer opening this book has. "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."
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Date: 2023-04-21 05:02 pm (UTC)Yes! I turned this audio on purely for the purpose of telling my phone that it was my next book and the next time I click my airpods, it's what I wanted. And I got the first line and went "what!?" and read the first chapter right there.