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Saint, warrior, seer, woman.

Hild: A Novel by NIcola Griffith

May 19, 2014 by Fiat.Luxury 2 Comments

I wholeheartedly loved this book, but it took me about 100 pages to fall in love.  The first bit was a slog–the names are a mouthful and many of them are very similar to each other, we’re thrown right into the plot, and I kept feeling like I was missing important things. (And I probably was…it didn’t help that in the Kindle version, the glossary and the map are way in the back and it’s impossible to go there without losing your place.) I don’t know whether I had […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: hild, historical fiction, nicola griffith, this is an awesome book

Fiat.Luxury's CBR6 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: hild, historical fiction, nicola griffith, this is an awesome book ·
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Dark Ages Lady Fiction, A+, Yes Please

Hild by Nicola Griffith

February 7, 2014 by narfna 2 Comments

Was sort of uninterested in this book, until I read this blog post by the author. Boom! Sudden interest, give it to me now. And I’m really glad I picked it up. My experience with Hild is the textbook example of why it’s a good idea to read outside your normal genres every once in a while. I don’t read very much historical fiction, and those I do read are usually the ones that have some sort of unusual hook, like TWO SOLDIERS IN WWII […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: hild, historical fiction, narfna, nicola griffith, the dark ages

narfna's CBR6 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: hild, historical fiction, narfna, nicola griffith, the dark ages ·
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