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librarymouse's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
God, this books is so good! The world building is vibrant without being overly didactic. The author let's readers learn as the narrator does, which makes the cleric the perfect conduit for the storytelling. The love in the story within a story was nuanced and beautiful. I want to read everything Nghi Vo has written.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood
maeverose's review against another edition
3.0
I can appreciate it but it didn’t hold up to the first book for me. I’m not really a fan of fable-esque stories, and this one is very much that. I like that it brings up the topic of who’s writing history and if they’re really depicting it as it happened, I would’ve liked if it leaned a bit more into that. It was very meh for me overall.
I’m also a bit curious about the ‘romance’ in the book, because to me it felt very typical of fable-esque love stories that are actually pretty toxic from a modern pov, so I wasn’t thinking of it as a romance we were supposed to root for exactly but it seems like some other reviewers felt differently.. because the romance was very toxic both from the human’s and tiger’s povs (stalking, not helping unless they get something out of it, being generally aggressive, etc.).
I’m also a bit curious about the ‘romance’ in the book, because to me it felt very typical of fable-esque love stories that are actually pretty toxic from a modern pov, so I wasn’t thinking of it as a romance we were supposed to root for exactly but it seems like some other reviewers felt differently.. because the romance was very toxic both from the human’s and tiger’s povs (stalking, not helping unless they get something out of it, being generally aggressive, etc.).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
There’s a lot of descriptions of animal gore and eating raw animal parts Also very minor but there was at least one time that I noticed the author used the wrong pronouns for Chih 🙃odditiex's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Animal death
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Sexy little novella lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Gore, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
moonytoast's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content and Murder
saenz's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
First part is kinda boring, but the story within the story is fuckin gold. Loved the characters. Hardcore mommy dom vibes lol
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
orchidd's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death and Toxic relationship
Minor: Gore and Violence
overbooked207's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
📖 When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo Book Review 📖
2nd book of January 2022 and 2nd of the year:
I loved the first book in this series, so I had to pick this up! Once again, I loved the beautiful, lush, and poetic writing and descriptions, the queerness in it, and the importance put on stories and storytelling. I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as the first one, but I still really enjoyed it and find myself liking it more the more I think about it, and I recommend picking it up! TW for death, blood and gore, animal attacks, animal cruelty, animal deaths, murder, cannibalism, cheating, confinement, sexual content, and violence🎧🐅🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
2nd book of January 2022 and 2nd of the year:
I loved the first book in this series, so I had to pick this up! Once again, I loved the beautiful, lush, and poetic writing and descriptions, the queerness in it, and the importance put on stories and storytelling. I didn’t enjoy this one quite as much as the first one, but I still really enjoyed it and find myself liking it more the more I think about it, and I recommend picking it up! TW for death, blood and gore, animal attacks, animal cruelty, animal deaths, murder, cannibalism, cheating, confinement, sexual content, and violence🎧🐅🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
Attacks and pursuit by animals. Brief forced marriage/relationship. Drugging/poisoning.syllareads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This was a work of art.
When the tiger came down the mountain is the second novella set in the same world by Nghi Vo and I've been looking forward to this for so long - and it did not disappoint!
The monk Chih is on their travels again, writing down stories as they find them when they get ambushed by three tigers together with their current travel companion, and have to unravel an old story about a tiger and a woman to save their life (and that of their companions for the night).
As always, Nghi Vo's writing style is simply impeccable and I found myself mesmerized from the very start. The way she weaves a story within the story, the way magic drips from every word and syllable,,,,and I can't forget the explicit gayness of it all. My notes for this novella are just full of "gay gay homosexual gay" because that is what Nghi Vo does to me: make me forget all comprehensive thoughts I ever had and just functional on my one bisexual braincell. Well done!
The way the story of the Tiger and the woman she fell in love with differs between what Chih knows and what the tigers tell them was fascinating to read about and the tender emotions, the wild abandon and feral ways of a tiger in love with a fragile mortal woman had me by the neck from start to finish. It is, I think, time to just aggressively shove Nghi Vo's works into everyone's face so they read all of her things.
When the tiger came down the mountain is the second novella set in the same world by Nghi Vo and I've been looking forward to this for so long - and it did not disappoint!
The monk Chih is on their travels again, writing down stories as they find them when they get ambushed by three tigers together with their current travel companion, and have to unravel an old story about a tiger and a woman to save their life (and that of their companions for the night).
As always, Nghi Vo's writing style is simply impeccable and I found myself mesmerized from the very start. The way she weaves a story within the story, the way magic drips from every word and syllable,,,,and I can't forget the explicit gayness of it all. My notes for this novella are just full of "gay gay homosexual gay" because that is what Nghi Vo does to me: make me forget all comprehensive thoughts I ever had and just functional on my one bisexual braincell. Well done!
The way the story of the Tiger and the woman she fell in love with differs between what Chih knows and what the tigers tell them was fascinating to read about and the tender emotions, the wild abandon and feral ways of a tiger in love with a fragile mortal woman had me by the neck from start to finish. It is, I think, time to just aggressively shove Nghi Vo's works into everyone's face so they read all of her things.
Content Warnings
Minor: Gore