Thistlefoot

Title:: Thistlefoot
Author:: Gennarose Nethercott
Publish date:: 2022
Cover:: https://books.google.com/books/content?id=MZwTzwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
ISBN10:: 0593470222
ISBN13:: 9780593470220
URL:: Goodreads
Rating:: B-
AddedDate:: 2024-01-31
State:: read
Started:: 2024-02-01
Finished:: 2024-02-18
Format:: #book/format/ebook
Source:: #book/source/kindle
Genre:: #book/genre/fantasy
Type:: #book/type/fiction
Pages:: 437
CurrentPage:: 437

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Notes

Isaac has the ability to shift his face to mimic others
2024-02-10 Bellatine has the embers which can bring inanimate objects to life, for a few seconds. For some reason she thinks she is a monster because of this ability. Her mother told her to keep it private but I thinks it is great
2024-02-12 still getting some Stephen King vibes, travelling across America chased by the "Longshadow Man" - could be The Stand -- but with a house with chicken legs its not all Stephen King
2024-02-12 Bellatine embering has the ability to renew her, so she drank the longshadow poison but was able to recover quickly
2024-02-16 there was an attack on the house but whilst there was a lot of damage it was possible to escape. Isaac left and somehow that was the reason LM was able to contact B via a dream
2024-02-17 we get what we think is a dream but I dies. T knows and takes b to him and she brings him back to life. Get the full story of the birth of T but I’ll need to reread as it doesn’t get fully explained

Review

I enjoyed this book, and there is a lot of great things about it but it didn't hang 100% together for me. I was unsatisfied by the ending. I felt cheated as a reader that to defeat the Longshadow Man they had to do exactly the Longshadow Man's only objective. Still, I loved Bellatine as a character, and wish it was her story alone. I was sad that she thought she was a monster and happy that she was about come to terms with her powers and wish she could have got to live her happy life at the end in Thistlefoot. I did not enjoy the sections with Isaac. He felt underdeveloped and under used, as did Shona and the rest of bus gang. Why was the way Benji died such a big deal to Isaac? The way I read it, it was a complete accident, so would have been good to delve more into why he thought it was his fault. I also wanted a lot more for Winnifred as I was really interested in her as a concept and character.

I know virtually nothing about the backstory of Baby Yaga but it did make me want to find out more.