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Grishaverse #2.6
Little Knife
In this third Ravkan folk tale from Leigh Bardugo, a beautiful girl finds that what her father wants for her and what she wants for herself are two different things.
It is a companion story to the third book of the Grisha Trilogy, Ruin and Rising, and the stories “The Witch of Duva” and “The Too-Clever Fox.”
It is a companion story to the third book of the Grisha Trilogy, Ruin and Rising, and the stories “The Witch of Duva” and “The Too-Clever Fox.”
32 pages, ebook
First published April 29, 2014
About the author
Leigh Bardugo
77 books173k followersLeigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University. For information on new releases and appearances, sign up for her newsletter.
She would be delighted if you visited her at LeighBardugo.com and fairly giddy if you liked her selfies on Instagram.
She would be delighted if you visited her at LeighBardugo.com and fairly giddy if you liked her selfies on Instagram.
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January 31, 2023
"Will you remain here with the father who tried to sell you, or the Prince who hoped to buy you, or the man too weak to solve his riddles for himself? Or will you come with me and be bride to nothing but the shore?”
Wow, I loved it!! I loved "Little Knife" aka the river!!
"She lived in happy solitude, and grew old, and never worried when her beauty faded, for in her reflection she always saw a free woman."
Wow, I loved it!! I loved "Little Knife" aka the river!!
"She lived in happy solitude, and grew old, and never worried when her beauty faded, for in her reflection she always saw a free woman."
June 7, 2020
so, yeah - bardugo is three for three in these tor shorts.
i have always loved fairy tales, since i was a little sprout, and the darker they were, the better i liked them. and when i discovered, as a slightly larger seedling, the phenomenon of taking fairytales and retelling or modernizing them, it was a wonderful thing indeed, because the authors retained the spirit of the original works, but made them slightly less didactic and simplistic and therefore a little more ambiguous. they tended to be less facile in their moral distinctions, which was more appealing to me, because it seemed truer and more sophisticated; they demanded more from the reader in processing the stories.
bardugo kicks ass at this.
this one has the shape and all the elements of a classic, traditional fairy tale. the daughter of the duke, whose beauty was beyond reckoning:
and her beauty also becomes more dangerous as she ages. she is drugged and (temporarily) kidnapped by an artist smitten with her, men fight to the death for the honor of becoming her suitor, and
also true to the genre is the strategic manipulation on the part of her father in the arrangement of her marriage when yeva comes of age. like all good fairytales, the duke sets out three increasingly-difficult challenges for her prospective suitors, making sure he will personally benefit from the end-products of these challenges, and also arranging it so the prince has the advantage over all other suitors. yeva questions her father's every decision, understanding that arbitrary contests are no way to determine the worth of a man, or his suitability as a life-partner, but not understanding the extent of her father's greed or that her unconditional love for her father is not reciprocated, because a daughter is a commodity, and only as valuable as the highest bidder for her hand.
but there's aways a dark horse.
and this is where bardugo really shines. she continues to structure the story pretty closely to the expectations of the fairy tale genre: unlikely candidate for the hand of the lovely young thing, magical/supernatural assistance, challenges handily won by the underdog, but then she subverts these expectations with a blammo ending that gives yeva the agency so few female characters in fairytales ever enjoy.
i have loved all three of these stories, and i just bought the last book in her trilogy, which i will be marathoning as soon as i possibly can. if they are anything like this, i am going to melt into the happiest reader-puddle ever.
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/06/li...
come to my blog!
i have always loved fairy tales, since i was a little sprout, and the darker they were, the better i liked them. and when i discovered, as a slightly larger seedling, the phenomenon of taking fairytales and retelling or modernizing them, it was a wonderful thing indeed, because the authors retained the spirit of the original works, but made them slightly less didactic and simplistic and therefore a little more ambiguous. they tended to be less facile in their moral distinctions, which was more appealing to me, because it seemed truer and more sophisticated; they demanded more from the reader in processing the stories.
bardugo kicks ass at this.
this one has the shape and all the elements of a classic, traditional fairy tale. the daughter of the duke, whose beauty was beyond reckoning:
There is some debate over what Yeva Luchova actually looked like, whether her hair was burnished gold or lustrous black, whether her eyes were blue as sapphires or green as new grass. It is not the particulars of her beauty but the power of it that concerns us, and we need only know that Yeva was lovely from the moment of her birth.
She was so beautiful, in fact, that the midwife attending her mother snatched up the wailing infant and locked herself in a linen closet, begging for just another moment to gaze upon Yeva’s face and refusing to relinquish the baby until the Duke called for an axe to break down the door. The Duke had the midwife whipped, but that didn’t stop several of Yeva’s nursemaids from trying to steal the child away. Finally, her father hired a blind old woman to care for his daughter, and there was peace in his home. Of course, that peace did not last, for Yeva only grew more beautiful as she aged.
and her beauty also becomes more dangerous as she ages. she is drugged and (temporarily) kidnapped by an artist smitten with her, men fight to the death for the honor of becoming her suitor, and
When Yeva stopped to remove a stone from her shoe and unwittingly gave the crowd a glimpse of her perfect ankle, a riot broke out, and her father decided she must be confined to the palace.
also true to the genre is the strategic manipulation on the part of her father in the arrangement of her marriage when yeva comes of age. like all good fairytales, the duke sets out three increasingly-difficult challenges for her prospective suitors, making sure he will personally benefit from the end-products of these challenges, and also arranging it so the prince has the advantage over all other suitors. yeva questions her father's every decision, understanding that arbitrary contests are no way to determine the worth of a man, or his suitability as a life-partner, but not understanding the extent of her father's greed or that her unconditional love for her father is not reciprocated, because a daughter is a commodity, and only as valuable as the highest bidder for her hand.
but there's aways a dark horse.
and this is where bardugo really shines. she continues to structure the story pretty closely to the expectations of the fairy tale genre: unlikely candidate for the hand of the lovely young thing, magical/supernatural assistance, challenges handily won by the underdog, but then she subverts these expectations with a blammo ending that gives yeva the agency so few female characters in fairytales ever enjoy.
i have loved all three of these stories, and i just bought the last book in her trilogy, which i will be marathoning as soon as i possibly can. if they are anything like this, i am going to melt into the happiest reader-puddle ever.
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/06/li...
come to my blog!
February 17, 2017
“And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. In them you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea.”
Leigh Bardugo is a talented author. When she tells a story, the dark twists are prominent and very successful to shock me. As for Little Knife, a very short story based on the Grisha world, I found out that this novella was enjoyable even though it was more like a tale for me. Something unreal and impossible happens and takes down everything I want to see at the end. I was perplexed by the conclusion of it. Dark and insidious.
August 31, 2024
|| 3.0 stars ||
Another cautionary tale with an interesting message:
I think this was one of my least favourite short stories in the Grishaverse, only because I disliked all the characters and found them all to fall a bit flat.
The idea of the story was still really interesting, like all the others have been as well, but the execution didn’t grip me as much. I failed to really develop a connection with any of the characters, and therefore with the story as well.
GRISHAVERSE:
'Shadow and Bone' trilogy:
1. Shadow and Bone - 3.5 stars
2. Siege and Storm - 3.5 stars
3. Ruin and Rising - 3.0 stars
'Six of Crows' duology:
1. Six of Crows - 2.5 stars
2. Crooked Kingdom - 3.5 stars
'King of Scars' duology:
1. King of Scars - 2.5 stars
Companion Novellas:
The Demon in the Woods - 3.5 stars
The Witch of Duva - 3.5 stars
The Tailor - 2.5 stars
The Too-Clever Fox - 3.5 stars
Little Knife - 3.0 stars
Another cautionary tale with an interesting message:
Remember that to use a thing is not to own it. And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions.
I think this was one of my least favourite short stories in the Grishaverse, only because I disliked all the characters and found them all to fall a bit flat.
Will you remain here with the father who tried to sell you, or the prince who hoped to buy you, or the man too weak to solve his riddles for himself? Or will you come with me and be bride to nothing but the shore?
The idea of the story was still really interesting, like all the others have been as well, but the execution didn’t grip me as much. I failed to really develop a connection with any of the characters, and therefore with the story as well.
GRISHAVERSE:
'Shadow and Bone' trilogy:
1. Shadow and Bone - 3.5 stars
2. Siege and Storm - 3.5 stars
3. Ruin and Rising - 3.0 stars
'Six of Crows' duology:
1. Six of Crows - 2.5 stars
2. Crooked Kingdom - 3.5 stars
'King of Scars' duology:
1. King of Scars - 2.5 stars
Companion Novellas:
The Demon in the Woods - 3.5 stars
The Witch of Duva - 3.5 stars
The Tailor - 2.5 stars
The Too-Clever Fox - 3.5 stars
Little Knife - 3.0 stars
August 16, 2018
"Little Knife" is one of Leigh Bardugo's excellent short stories set in her Grisha universe. This one used to be up on Tor.com but apparently Bardugo or her publisher got them to pull it and The Too-Clever Fox when she was putting together The Language of Thorns collection. Now that I'm (finally) reading that collection, it was great to see my old friend "Little Knife" again.
It's fascinating to see Bardugo subverting so many traditional fairy tale tropes here. The duke's daughter Yeva is surpassingly beautiful ... so beautiful that it makes people crazy: nurses and midwives fight over her and try to kidnap her as a baby (her father the duke ends up hiring a blind nurse for her), reasonable men come to blows over her, and she can't ever go outside.
So Yeva's father decides when she's about 16 that he needs to marry her off, and holds a contest with challenges because that's what prideful dukes get to do in these tales. It's clearly not as much fun as it might sound for the girl.
It ... doesn't work out the way you might guess.
It's fascinating to see Bardugo subverting so many traditional fairy tale tropes here. The duke's daughter Yeva is surpassingly beautiful ... so beautiful that it makes people crazy: nurses and midwives fight over her and try to kidnap her as a baby (her father the duke ends up hiring a blind nurse for her), reasonable men come to blows over her, and she can't ever go outside.
So Yeva's father decides when she's about 16 that he needs to marry her off, and holds a contest with challenges because that's what prideful dukes get to do in these tales. It's clearly not as much fun as it might sound for the girl.
When her father returned to the palace and Yeva heard what he had done, she said, "Papa, forgive me, but what way is this to find a husband? Soon I will have a fine mirror, but will I have a good man?"Nor for her father, in this case. He figures that his favored suitor, the prince, will be able to use his wealth and servants to win all the challenges, but there's a Grisha Tidemaker (with magical power over water) who comes into town just as the first challenge is getting rolling.
It ... doesn't work out the way you might guess.
Now, if you have been foolish enough to wander from the path, it is up to you to make your way back to the road... If you are lucky, you will find your friends again. They will pat you on the back and soothe you with their laughter. But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it.
September 7, 2020
[2,5]
”She was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star”.
Okay, okay, pues en este cuarto relato de The Language of Thorns nos encontramos con la eterna maldición que es la belleza. Aquí, literalmente, las personas del reino no pueden mirar a la protagonista porque se vuelven locos de deseo y montan duelos por ella, hay peleas y desmanes. Un día, el padre de Yeva decide que es hora de que se case y, buscando su propio beneficio, organiza unas pruebas para que los pretendientes se embarquen en ellas y las cumplan. Pero la sorpresa que se lleva cuando ve que un Grisha tidemaker que parece un vagabundo es quien va ganando todo es grande.
Creo que este es otro de esos relatos que no me fascinan. Sí que vemos mucho más de cerca el mundo Grisha que conocemos en la trilogía principal, pero en realidad no es una historia emocionante ni memorable. Y tampoco tiene un final tan retorcido y oscuro como los demás.
Quizá lo más interesante de Little Knife es ver que, al final, el río no es solamente agua que está allí para ser comandada por los tidemakers, sino que es un ente, un espíritu poderosísimo en sí mismo y que, además, no tiene una gota de tonto.
Pero más allá de eso sentí que fue una historia bastante normalita. Eso sí, como con todos, el arte que se va revelando cada que pasas las páginas de este relato es impresionante.
”She was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star”.
Okay, okay, pues en este cuarto relato de The Language of Thorns nos encontramos con la eterna maldición que es la belleza. Aquí, literalmente, las personas del reino no pueden mirar a la protagonista porque se vuelven locos de deseo y montan duelos por ella, hay peleas y desmanes. Un día, el padre de Yeva decide que es hora de que se case y, buscando su propio beneficio, organiza unas pruebas para que los pretendientes se embarquen en ellas y las cumplan. Pero la sorpresa que se lleva cuando ve que un Grisha tidemaker que parece un vagabundo es quien va ganando todo es grande.
Creo que este es otro de esos relatos que no me fascinan. Sí que vemos mucho más de cerca el mundo Grisha que conocemos en la trilogía principal, pero en realidad no es una historia emocionante ni memorable. Y tampoco tiene un final tan retorcido y oscuro como los demás.
Quizá lo más interesante de Little Knife es ver que, al final, el río no es solamente agua que está allí para ser comandada por los tidemakers, sino que es un ente, un espíritu poderosísimo en sí mismo y que, además, no tiene una gota de tonto.
Pero más allá de eso sentí que fue una historia bastante normalita. Eso sí, como con todos, el arte que se va revelando cada que pasas las páginas de este relato es impresionante.
January 4, 2024
ᘚ When the Duke stepped back from the balcony, Yeva said, "Papa, forgive me, but what way is this to find a husband? Soon I will be very rich, but will I have a good man?"
This time, the Duke looked on his daughter with pity. "When the coffers are empty and their bellies growl, even good men turn bad. Whoever may win this contest, the magic coin will be ours. We will dance in marble halls and drink from cups of frozen amber and if you do not like your husband, we will drown him in a sea of gold, then send a silver ship to find you a new one. What do you think of that?"
another wonderful rakvan fairy tale, i would have liked Yeva to be more involved in the action but i'm glad she found her freedom and peace in the end
to be honest, i would have chosen the prince 😅
ᘚ It was Yeva who found the courage to speak, for the question to ask seemed simple. "What do you want, river?"
"It was I who built the tower of trees," said the river. "And I who earned the mirror from Baba Anezka. It was I who found the magic coin. And now I say to you, Yeva Luchova : Will you remain here with the father who tried to sell you, or the Prince who hoped to buy you, or the man too weak to solve his riddles for himself? Or will you come with me and be bride to nothing but the shore?"
This time, the Duke looked on his daughter with pity. "When the coffers are empty and their bellies growl, even good men turn bad. Whoever may win this contest, the magic coin will be ours. We will dance in marble halls and drink from cups of frozen amber and if you do not like your husband, we will drown him in a sea of gold, then send a silver ship to find you a new one. What do you think of that?"
another wonderful rakvan fairy tale, i would have liked Yeva to be more involved in the action but i'm glad she found her freedom and peace in the end
to be honest, i would have chosen the prince 😅
ᘚ It was Yeva who found the courage to speak, for the question to ask seemed simple. "What do you want, river?"
"It was I who built the tower of trees," said the river. "And I who earned the mirror from Baba Anezka. It was I who found the magic coin. And now I say to you, Yeva Luchova : Will you remain here with the father who tried to sell you, or the Prince who hoped to buy you, or the man too weak to solve his riddles for himself? Or will you come with me and be bride to nothing but the shore?"
February 9, 2017
“I am no blunt knife to cut your sorry bread,” it said.
“I feed the fields and drown the harvest.
I am bounty and destruction.”
Even though I am not a big fan of the Grisha series, I absolutely love these short stories.
“I feed the fields and drown the harvest.
I am bounty and destruction.”
Even though I am not a big fan of the Grisha series, I absolutely love these short stories.
September 17, 2020
THIS IS JUST LIKE A GRIMM FAIRYTALE BUT BETTER.
"But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it."
This was absolutely beautiful. You have everything you need.
☑ Unbelievably pretty girl thrown into hiding by her father
☑ Greedy Duke who only wants to profit from his daughter's beauty
☑ A prince fighting for her hand
☑ A poor man who is friend's with the river fighting for her hand
☑ Three task set the faith of the pretty girl
It is literally just like a fairytale and it made me so happpppy!
"But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it."
This was absolutely beautiful. You have everything you need.
☑ Unbelievably pretty girl thrown into hiding by her father
☑ Greedy Duke who only wants to profit from his daughter's beauty
☑ A prince fighting for her hand
☑ A poor man who is friend's with the river fighting for her hand
☑ Three task set the faith of the pretty girl
It is literally just like a fairytale and it made me so happpppy!
June 3, 2016
Yasssss, feminism!
April 28, 2021
This was not as good as The Too-Clever Fox but still Enjoyable! 🙂
July 26, 2016
Thanks to the lovely karen I found this little gem. Leigh Bardugo can write! I love this type of story. At first I didn't think I was going to like Little Knife much because we had the perfect girl. Yeva-her beauty was enough to make men lose their senses, cause fights, yada yada.
Then her father the duke decided it was time for her to marry and figured was for himself to prosper.
Life has a way of not working out like you figure.
Then her father the duke decided it was time for her to marry and figured was for himself to prosper.
Life has a way of not working out like you figure.
July 20, 2018
“She was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star.”
This novella was wonderfully good :) It was very captivating and I was hooked! This was about an absolutely breathtakingly stunning girl named Yeva. She is the duke's daughter. He is desperately trying to find the perfect suitor and therefore he sets out all these different challenges. Yeva's beauty makes men lose their minds at the sight of her and all want to clam her as their own. The ending message was powerful and lovely♥. And that twist at the end I did not see coming! It was PERFECT. Honestly, this was so worth the read and I recommend Y'all taking the time to read it :)
“But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it. And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. In them, you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea.”
This novella was wonderfully good :) It was very captivating and I was hooked! This was about an absolutely breathtakingly stunning girl named Yeva. She is the duke's daughter. He is desperately trying to find the perfect suitor and therefore he sets out all these different challenges. Yeva's beauty makes men lose their minds at the sight of her and all want to clam her as their own. The ending message was powerful and lovely♥. And that twist at the end I did not see coming! It was PERFECT. Honestly, this was so worth the read and I recommend Y'all taking the time to read it :)
“But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it. And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. In them, you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea.”
May 15, 2021
Yeva is the daughter of a Duke and her beauty is so enchanting since her birth that the nurses have tried to steal her until her father hired a blind nurse and every man who even glances at her becomes smitten and wants Yeva for himself. Yeva is not just beautiful but also kind but her father is greedy and his greed causes his destruction but also sets Yeva free.
Leigh Bardugo is the queen of dark, full of twists short-stories. I cannot get enough of these.
4.5 stars
Leigh Bardugo is the queen of dark, full of twists short-stories. I cannot get enough of these.
4.5 stars
February 18, 2021
to use a thing is not to own it.
Review to come :) also, I loved this story !!
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Edit: This was in the days before the Second Army, when Grisha were welcome in few places and greeted with suspicion everywhere.
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Well, I hope at least this makes me see the connection of novellas to something. If not the book then to other novellas?
Also, I want to know about Karina and Nadya from the Witch of Duva.
Review to come :) also, I loved this story !!
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Edit: This was in the days before the Second Army, when Grisha were welcome in few places and greeted with suspicion everywhere.
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Well, I hope at least this makes me see the connection of novellas to something. If not the book then to other novellas?
Also, I want to know about Karina and Nadya from the Witch of Duva.
December 22, 2021
Hasta el momento, este es el último cuento que acompaña a los libros principales del mundo Grishaverse y, al igual que los demás, con el estilo propio de leyendas del folcklore, en este caso de Ravka, por supuesto.
Me gustó, aunque es el menos impactante y sin un giro tan retorcido como los anteriores.
Me gustó, aunque es el menos impactante y sin un giro tan retorcido como los anteriores.
March 31, 2021
Y'all know that I truly enjoy Leigh's short stories, right? well, this isn't the exception
I truly loved it! <3
I truly loved it! <3
September 28, 2016
Little Knife is the third and final folk tale accompanying the Grisha trilogy. As with The Witch of Duva and The Too-Clever Fox, this one can be read apart from the trilogy.
This is a story about greed and how it can ruin everything. And it is beautiful. All Revka folk tales are beautiful. You should read them all, whether you wish to read the trilogy or not.
February 4, 2017
Now there's an ending I didn't see coming. I like it. :)
December 19, 2021
Lovely tale!
She was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star.
Now, if you have been foolish enough to wander from the path, it is up to you to make your way back to the road. Follow the voices of your worried companions and perhaps this time your feet will lead you past the rusting skeleton of a waterwheel resting in a meadow where it has no right to be. If you are lucky, you will find your friends again. They will pat you on the back and soothe you with their laughter. But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it. And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. In them you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea.
She was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star.
Now, if you have been foolish enough to wander from the path, it is up to you to make your way back to the road. Follow the voices of your worried companions and perhaps this time your feet will lead you past the rusting skeleton of a waterwheel resting in a meadow where it has no right to be. If you are lucky, you will find your friends again. They will pat you on the back and soothe you with their laughter. But as you leave that dark gap in the trees behind, remember that to use a thing is not to own it. And should you ever take a bride, listen closely to her questions. In them you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea.
May 30, 2017
"Remember that to use a thing is not to own it..."
Oh my gosh!
This one was BY FAR my favorite of the Grisha Tales. It's not that it's incredibly original per say, but it's so neat that Bardugo thought up these little stories that fit into her world. I think it really helps the world come alive, even if it doesn't directly involve the characters from The Grisha Trilogy.
All three of these are an absolute delight.
Oh my gosh!
This one was BY FAR my favorite of the Grisha Tales. It's not that it's incredibly original per say, but it's so neat that Bardugo thought up these little stories that fit into her world. I think it really helps the world come alive, even if it doesn't directly involve the characters from The Grisha Trilogy.
All three of these are an absolute delight.
February 6, 2017
This can be found online here: http://www.tor.com/2014/06/26/little-...
This is an accompanying short story to the Grisha series but can be read as a stand-alone piece.
Another mesmerising tale, inspired by classic folk lore. The subversion in this story was unprecedented and the ending was especially lovely. The moralistic conclusion provided a wry final commentary that stretched further than the confines of this actual tale.
I am enjoying these later accompanying tales even more than the original trilogy and would love for a whole collection of these to be created. Lyrical and enchanting, this is a beautiful and bewitching piece of prose.
This is an accompanying short story to the Grisha series but can be read as a stand-alone piece.
Another mesmerising tale, inspired by classic folk lore. The subversion in this story was unprecedented and the ending was especially lovely. The moralistic conclusion provided a wry final commentary that stretched further than the confines of this actual tale.
I am enjoying these later accompanying tales even more than the original trilogy and would love for a whole collection of these to be created. Lyrical and enchanting, this is a beautiful and bewitching piece of prose.
May 4, 2021
Another addition to the Grishaverse culture, a fairy tale with a princess, who is on the search for her prince charming. Well, Bardugo tries her best to create a foundation and history for Grisha people and she writes these beautiful tales to back up the original story. Little Knife tells the story of a beautiful princess, so beautiful that who lays eyes on her fall immediately in love. Her father, the duke creates a competition with selfish benefits to find a husband and one of the competitors is a skillful Tidebringer, a Grisha with supernatural power to direct waters, rivers and seas. Bardugo knows her strength very well, using her power to create provocative and enchanting tales, but lo and behold, there’s always a dark edge to everything she writes. I love these twists and turns and bends; she strikes hard when you’re expecting a fairy tale with a happy ending and evoke profound emotions just when you think you’re done. Well, what can I say? I will read anything and everything she writes and love it unconditionally.
December 30, 2019
"She was terrifying in her beauty, bright like a devouring star."
It’s the little things that make Bardugo the master storyteller that she is.
Like how after I’ve read this story; and realized it was one that Mal told Alina in the Prolog of Ruin and Rising. And Sergei getting posted at a way-station near Duva.
This is the type of things that makes me feel part of the Grishaverse. Like I’m living in there world.
The other thing I enjoy is that the stories never go where I expect them to go. The twist leaves me in awe every time.
It’s the little things that make Bardugo the master storyteller that she is.
Like how after I’ve read this story; and realized it was one that Mal told Alina in the Prolog of Ruin and Rising. And Sergei getting posted at a way-station near Duva.
This is the type of things that makes me feel part of the Grishaverse. Like I’m living in there world.
The other thing I enjoy is that the stories never go where I expect them to go. The twist leaves me in awe every time.
August 5, 2015
Forget about novels, Leigh Bardugo, I can see myself in the future buying a book with only your short stories/tales. I'm not kidding. This woman has talent for short stories.
Hagan a un lado la trilogía de Los Grisha, las historias cortas que ha escrito en el mismo mundo son mil veces mejores. Ojala se aventurara en hacer un libro con puras historias cortas como esta.
Un mensaje sencillo y una escritura impecable.
PD: Se me ha ocurrido un shelf nuevo, gracias Bardugo!
Hagan a un lado la trilogía de Los Grisha, las historias cortas que ha escrito en el mismo mundo son mil veces mejores. Ojala se aventurara en hacer un libro con puras historias cortas como esta.
Un mensaje sencillo y una escritura impecable.
...remember that to use a thing is not to own it...,listen closely to her questions. In them you may hear her true name like the thunder of a lost river, like the sighing of the sea.
PD: Se me ha ocurrido un shelf nuevo, gracias Bardugo!
April 15, 2016
"Remember that to use a thing is not to own it."
It's not a secret that I will read anything Leigh Bardugo writes. And every time I have the same question. How is it possible? How is it possible that her novellas and books are so good?
I'm not sure I blinked while reading.
"Little Knife" is a nicely written story with a moral and it gripped me from start to finish. And. And I want moooore fairy tales from Bardugo :((
It's not a secret that I will read anything Leigh Bardugo writes. And every time I have the same question. How is it possible? How is it possible that her novellas and books are so good?
I'm not sure I blinked while reading.
"Little Knife" is a nicely written story with a moral and it gripped me from start to finish. And. And I want moooore fairy tales from Bardugo :((
June 20, 2021
“She lived in happy solitude, and grew old, and never worried when her beauty faded, for in her reflection she always saw a free woman.”
I really enjoyed this, I think the Grishaverse fairytales are quite good. They're definitely better than the trilogy that's for sure.
I really enjoyed this, I think the Grishaverse fairytales are quite good. They're definitely better than the trilogy that's for sure.
August 17, 2017
the river is a gay icon saving the girl from those men
February 3, 2022
lmao,, men 😹 theyre all so stupid n dumb
May 31, 2018
"remember to use a thing is not to own it."
I think this story is my favorite of the book thus far. The imagery is lush, the story is enthralling and the people populating it flawed. The author has once again created something to rival those fairy tales of old! A fun, tale of caution as well as an awesome read.
I think this story is my favorite of the book thus far. The imagery is lush, the story is enthralling and the people populating it flawed. The author has once again created something to rival those fairy tales of old! A fun, tale of caution as well as an awesome read.
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