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My favourite fantasy series. It's about a girl who doesn't fit in finding her place in the world and the pagan spirits she loves fighting to exist. It's about tolerance and compromise. It's about love of family and country. It's about sacrifice and determination. It's about figuring out what's right and doing it no matter what it costs you personally. It's about acknowledging your flaws and learning from your mistakes. It's evocative and lyrical, featuring complex, contradictory characters, all
Stunningly well written fantasy trilogy set in medieval Russia. So different from other fantasy series which in some cases can become a little formulaic.
I read all three, but there seems to be more stories/books there than just the trilogy. Come on and write a 4th and 5th!!
Spiderwick for adults! This tale draws you in deeply into a world of magic and fairy tales. The story draws the reader right into the forested world of a Russian village, with the household and woodland spirits who are struggling against the sermons of fear preached from the pulpit. The battle of good vs evil, human vs spirit, feast vs famine goes right until the final chapters.
This was one of those series that made my heart sing; Familiar, but fresh with an unusual culture and a unique heroine. Arden sets us in the middle of a battle where there is no good or evil, because both men and myth are far too great for such simplicity.This trilogy follows a young Russian girl, Vasalisa, as she realizes she has the ability to see the spirits of the earth. (An unfortunate gift for a child in a Christian town.) This unusual talent causes a stir with two elder-spirits, Winter an...
This was an amazing reading experience! There are books you read for pleasure and there are those you read for your own personal erudition. Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, and The Winter of the Witch belong to the former category: pure, unadulterated reading pleasure. If you are into fantasy, especially fairy tales, this is for you.I loved the way Katherine Arden tells the story of a young girl called Vasya and her family: She writes beautifully. I also lov...
The story is fast-paced, immersive, and well-written. I love it that it’s fantasy, but puts the story alongside real historical events and even personalities! The author doesn’t slow down to explain everything but gives you enough information to understand what household/forest spirit is, plus she helpfully provides a glossary at the back, some historical background on the events of the time period, and even a section on the Russian terminology and names which are all very fascinating. I blazed
These are probably my favorite books I have ever read. When I finished them I couldn’t bring myself to finish another book for around a month (I usually read 1-3 books a week) because I would start the book and then put it down because I was sad it wasn’t the Winternight Trilogy. They’re all so fantastic. There isn’t a single bad book in the trilogy. There isn’t even a single “okay” or “good” book in the trilogy. All three are amazing. The writing is so lush and immersive, and the I love the plo...
I was hooked from the beginning with the lyrical prose and the beautifully drawn, fully realised characters and relationships. For those three books, I was immersed in Vasya's life, the Russia of that time and its folklore, caught betwixt and between the world of ascendant Orthodoxy and the magical chyerti.
The more I think about the more I fall in love with this trilogy. A delicious and dramatic experience lead by a strong female character that decides to be more a hero than a princess. All the characters are complex, fantastic and at the same time, so real. Unforgettable
I only rated this a 3, but I liked the series enough to read all three in quick succession, so maybe it was more engaging than I give it credit for. I liked learning about Russian pagan beliefs. The third book wasn't as well written as the first two, in my opinion. These books are just a fun read.
IN LOVE
I started reading this series in summer... it's like living in winter of Russia. we don't have such winters here.It's a unique experience.
The best way that I can describe The Bear and The Nightingale is a book of chilling winter nights, frosty northern forests as the year turns, swirling snow, ice-topped trees, and bare branches. A stormy mystery that (if you are like me) will have you up all night in anticipation. Folk tales and fantasies that suddenly appear to be entirely real. One downfall is the reader would have to be kind of familiar with the phrases used considering it is based on Russian folklore. The main character, Vasi...
