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Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

29 reviews

lostinworlds's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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thegayestghost's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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laneychaney's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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sonygaystation's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed this for a lot of reasons, but it definitely comes second to Mary (which blew me away with how much I just LOVED it). I really liked Ana as a character - her disability and her relationship with motherhood were so good. I also absolutely loveeeed the inherent Jewish-ness of the novel. I think the way it was incorporated was so satisfying and the fact that you couldn’t have major plot beats happen if you erased the Judaic aspects is so chef’s kiss. I’m not even religious and I want to see more religion in horror. The vampires were an interesting new take too. Not my favourite the way they were presented but definitely novel and cool! I do wish the book had maybe been a bit more scary or had more of the vampires doin their thing than it did, but also hearing about it was so GROSS LMAO that maybe I’m good with what we got. I also really enjoy hearing Nat Cassidy’s thoughts at the end of the book and it felt comforting that his 2021 was as much a dumpster fire hell year as mine was, even though I wish very much that there wasn’t need for comfort or to be comforting. Also Reed wins shittiest man award I hated him and baby bird was the cutest friggin nickname ever ok that’s all :)


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tayngerous's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

books that make me say “maybe I don’t need to have kids”
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randeerebecca's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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gilmargirl's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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thefinalfangirl's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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kultumirjam's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Interesting premise and the story reeled me in quickly. I don't usually really love horror books with (view spoiler), and this book didn't make an exception. There were a few creepy moments though and the story felt original enough – possibly because of the themes of disability and Jewish cultural references. Quite well written, if not exactly my type.
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meyeram30's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

This one was weird! Not weird in a bad way exactly, but definitely different from other horror stories I’ve read. Nestlings, while housing a truly unique and intriguing take on Jewish vampirism (didn’t see that coming), didn’t tick all the boxes for me. I would have loved much creepier detailing to engage an eerier and more uncomfortable reading experience. This story has some gore and mystery, but not enough overall scare factor, imo! 

I did really enjoy reading the afterword. It rounded out the story well, gave clearer insight into the motivations in Cassidy’s life at the time of writing, and showcased the well thought out subtleties of this story and its characters. The blanket message of pushing through life even when shit hits the fan is important and appreciated. 
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