Rachael ༊·˚’s Reviews > The Bear and the Nightingale > Status Update
Rachael ༊·˚
is 70% done
It is... a bit unsettling, the pacing. It feels like everything has escalated so quickly in the past chapter, compared to the deceiving lull of the chapters before that.
...Not gonna lie, I'm not completely enjoying this anymore, but I will finish this series purely because I am still intrigued at the concept. ...Not because I want more Sasha and Aloysha and Morozko page time, certainly not.
— 2 hours, 13 min ago
...Not gonna lie, I'm not completely enjoying this anymore, but I will finish this series purely because I am still intrigued at the concept. ...Not because I want more Sasha and Aloysha and Morozko page time, certainly not.
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Rachael ༊·˚
is 74% done
NOOOO ending the chapter (and this entire section) on that note should be illegal >:(
— 1 hour, 50 min ago
Rachael ༊·˚
is 71% done
...Have a feeling that if Vasya does somehow manage to bring snowdrops back, she'll simply be carted off because there is definitive enough proof she's a witch in their eyes :\
— 2 hours, 1 min ago
Rachael ༊·˚
is 55% done
Needed to mention this somewhere before I forget to do so: absolutely love Alyosha, too. He and Sasya are the only two of Vasya's siblings I like (the rest are heavily debatable). I have no more sympathy to possess for Anna, and Pyotr is getting on my nerves. Dunya... she's fine, for the most part. And then Konstantin creeps the absolute hell out of me. And good riddance to Kyril.
— 3 hours, 29 min ago
Rachael ༊·˚
is 43% done
...why do I have this nagging feeling that Konstantin is in love with Vasya? idk what exactly, but something about his interactions with her unsettle me greatly.
Also boo, have yet to see Sasya return.
— 8 hours, 15 min ago
Also boo, have yet to see Sasya return.
Rachael ༊·˚
is 36% done
Okay yes yes yes, it was a slow start, but now I am so hooked onto this book and its writing. Honestly one of the best feelings in the world.
— 15 hours, 55 min ago
Rachael ༊·˚
is 30% done
fINALLY the plot is actually plotting! I swear it felt like more had happened in the last chapter than in the 10 chapters right before that.
...Hopefully it picks up from here, now.
— Aug 18, 2026 09:26AM
...Hopefully it picks up from here, now.
Rachael ༊·˚
is 17% done
Noooo I only know Anna for a single chapter, but I feel so bad for her D:
— Aug 18, 2026 08:30AM
Rachael ༊·˚
is 14% done
Why do I have this feeling that Sasha will 1) be a very important character for the story, and 2) land up being my favourite?
Also am betting the man with the mare that Vasilisa met in the woods is the frost demon guy.
— Aug 18, 2026 08:08AM
Also am betting the man with the mare that Vasilisa met in the woods is the frost demon guy.