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Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

2022 · 243 pages · Fantasy

adventurous moodmoderate pacebalanced toneresolved and happy ending

How it reads

Nettle & Bone is fantasy (dark fairy-tale fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are family, redemption and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 243 pages it's a quick read. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.

Pick it up if…

  • you're in the mood for something adventurous
  • you like disappearing into an invented world
  • you want a complete story in one book

Maybe not if…

  • you need something cosy or melancholy

All 15 dimensions

Genre
fantasy
Author gender
female
Author experience
prolific veteran
Setting: place
fictional world
Setting: time
timeless or multiple
Mood / feeling
adventurous
Pace
moderate
Tone / weight
balanced
Length
short
Narrative style
third person, several viewpoints
Publication era
recent
Popularity
well known
Series vs standalone
standalone
Themes
family, redemption, power and politics
Ending style
resolved and happy

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