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title: "The Bear and the Nightingale"
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# The Bear and the Nightingale

**Brand:** katherine arden
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Not a fairytale
  

*by Y***N on Reviewed in India on 30 April 2021*

Initially I thought it's going to be a sloppy read..Owing to the rich vocabulary & Russian names I felt I can't keep up the pace.. After a few chapters I just sank into the story.. I felt like I am into another world.. Literally I am a part of this beautiful story... Magical yet not a fairytale.. Just loved it.. It has new characters introduced every now and then.. Imagination at its peak.. Enjoyable read

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A wonderful tale filled with magic and adventure! It makes a perfect winter read!
  

*by R***S on Reviewed in India on 10 August 2019*

The Bear and the Nightingale was absolutely beautiful and enchanting!  This book has earned a lot of praises and you don’t know how much I was excited to finally read it. I love fairy-tale retellings and this one was definitely a gem. I’ve read a few books based on  russian folklore so I knew this was going to be another great read. I truly enjoyed devouring this book. The best things I loved about it was the cold wintry setting, and the lyrical writing style of the author. Vasya was a strong heroine and I really loved her character. Despite the slow pace, the story has always kept me engaged and never left me bored. I can’t believe this was Katherine’s debut novel. She has really done an impressive Job with this book. I loved the way she beautifully weaved this wonderful tale filled with russian folklore, traditions, and their old superstitions.The story follows Vasilisa aka Vasya whose mother has died giving birth to her. She lives with her father and her siblings at a village near the woods. All the people in her village believe in superstitions and follow old traditions. During Winter every family huddle together before their oven to survive the harsh cold. Vasya grew up with her siblings hearing fairytales from her nurse dunya who is like a grandmother to her. She always loved hearing about the frost demon with cold blue eyes who appears at night. Everyone is afraid to wander in the woods at night because people who has crossed paths with him has never returned alive. Vasya isn’t beautiful like her siblings and people find her odd because of her wild appearance and behavior. When Vasya’s father goes to Moscow, he comes back bringing her a step mother who forbids them to honor the household spirits and add to that, she’s really not fond of the wild Vasya. She wanted to get rid of her by either marrying her away or sending her to a convent. Since childhood Vasya has a gift to see the household spirits and talk to them. She hid her ability because she knew no one would believe her and people already call her a witch. When a new charismatic priest appears in the village, people stopped following the old rituals and soon misfortune has fell upon their village. Crops begin to fail,  the winter has become even more harsher, wild creatures started preying on their livestock. But Vasya can see the real danger is the rising evil that keeps getting closer to them. To save her village and her family from this ominous threat, Vasya defies everyone and uses her gift to find someone that holds all her answers.I loved Vasya! She’s a strong heroine who’s brave, curious, rebellious, and Independent. Her wildness is the best part I loved about her. I quite enjoyed her character development throughout. I really liked the slow transition of her from a curious little girl to a strong woman. I also liked Dunya! She’s really a great grandmotherly character. I enjoyed her relationship with Vasya and how much she cared for her. Pyotr is a good father who loves his daughter but I wouldn’t say he was a great father figure and there were some things he did that made me not like him. Vasya siblings were not bad either. They really care for her sister even though they hate her wild behavior. The frost demon was a very intriguing and mysterious character. We still don’t know much about him but I’m very curious to know all the secrets he was hiding. Father Constantine was my least favorite character. He was a total prick and I just wish that he would disappear from the story. I also enjoyed the supernatural spirits especially domovoi(house hold spirit) and Vazila(spirit protecting horses). They are a bit creepy but they’re total fun characters.It’s a character driven story that has a huge fairytale vibe to it. Although the pacing was slow and there’s not much action in the book, I was still hooked to the plot because I really enjoyed seeing Vasya growing up from a wild kid to a strong young woman. People who love character driven plots will definitely love this book. The culture, religion, the exotic wintry setting, and the supernatural elements are the other aspects that held my interest. The religious theme seemed a bit too much sometimes but I didn’t mind it. The story was told in third person pov and I’m glad that we get to enjoy the story from different perspectives. The world building was totally stunning! I totally fell in love with the  beautiful scenery the author has created. Her vivid and lyrical writing style will take you to her enchanting imaginary world filled with magic and adventure.Overall, it was a fantastic and Magical read! I’m so glad this was a trilogy because I really want to explore more of this world. This book also makes a perfect winter read. If you haven’t read this yet then I highly suggest you to pick this up asap. There isn’t any cliffhanger at the end but Vasya’s story hasn’t ended yet. Her real adventure starts in the next book and I can’t wait to read it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    beautiful, imaginative, and atmospheric historical YA fantasy
  

*by Y***) on Reviewed in India on 24 July 2024*

The Bear and the Nightingale is captivating and atmospheric YA fantasy that follows Vasilisa Petrovna (Vasya) who grew up in a village near the northern frozen forests of Russia listening to fairytales at the warmth of the oven. She had a special gift of sight and could talk to spirits.I’m used to reading action-packed and fast-paced fantasy. I love the thrill of adventure and action. So it took me a little longer to get used to The Bear and the Nightingale as this definitely reads like a literary medium-paced fantasy with little action.Writing is beautiful, imaginative, and fairytale-like, told in the third person narrative. The plot has a dark and cold vibe with heavy themes and layers of misogyny, physical abuse, proselytization, marital rape, forced marriage, sexual assault, and loss and grief. There are many characters introduced in the first part but Pyotr’s family and the priest play a major role in the story.Vasya is of course my most favorite character. She is free-spirited, courageous, brave, resilient, and curious soul. She was so lively in the forest, among spirits and horses but I hated to see how she became reserved like a caged bird in her own house. She is kind and compassionate even to people who hate her.I admired her for going through so much in her life- hearing cruel words from villagers, bearing the beating from Anna, and being accused of everything bad happening in the village- and yet she tried to help people and her family who wanted to get rid of her.. She even went to save Anna in the end. There was a moment of doubt but she took in her sight, the magic, and meeting the Winter King pretty well. I like how well she could see right and wrong and yet could preserve her innocence.I hated Konstantin. It was clear from the beginning there was something wrong with the man. He sure was charming and had a way with people. Sometimes it felt he too had witch power for the way he hypnotized people. I just couldn’t understand how much proof a man needs to see how misguided his belief was and how he fell for deception. I wish Vasya hadn’t saved him. It would have made things better for everyone.Morozko, the Winter Demon (King)/Death is mysterious. He is cold but never cruel. People feared him but in reality, he imbued respect more than fear. We get to know only a part of him but I’m sure there will be more to him in the next books.The world is the best part of The Bear and the Nightingale. The setting of fourteenth-century Russia when Ivan I was Prince of Moscow is filled with history, myths, and folklore. While the first part focuses on way of living, customs, and politics, the second part is filled with religion, religious belief, and differences between old and new religion and how the harmony between the two was dealt with fear of God and religious prosecution. The third part is all about magic and fairytales turning into reality for Vasya. This is my most favorite part.Legend of the Winter King, Dunya’s stories in the beginning, and legend of Morozko and his brother the Bear was interesting. I also enjoyed reading about different house spirits, water spirits, and forest spirits. The description of Morozko’s house was absolutely gorgeous. I enjoyed the tension and thrill of the battle and how it turned against the Bear. There aren’t many twist and turns but I enjoyed the end twist.The Bear and the Nightingale forms the base of the series. There is lots of build up and we get to know all the characters but the development will be in the next books of the series. There are still many things to know about.We don’t get any clear idea of how Vasya’s magic works or how her grandmother had the magic and why she came to Moscow in first place or how Morozko knew about Vasya or knew she is the one he needs to defeat the Bear. Is the magic a generational thing and if so why Anna had sight and if it’s not are there other witches out there? I’m sure reading second book pretty soon so that I have all the answers.Overall, The Bear and the Nightingale is beautiful, imaginative, and atmospheric historical YA fantasy with amazing world.

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