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Summary: In this novella by Digger author/artist Ursula Vernon, the ragtag squad of goblin soldiers of the 19th Regiment (the "Whining Niners") led by veteran Sgt. Nessilka find themselves unexpectedly thrown far away from the battlefield by a human wizard, only to find that they're so far behind enemy lines that they'd have to march fifty miles just to reach the enemy. Fortunately they find themselves the guests of Elven wildlife veterinarian Sings-to-Trees, who patches up their wounded and lets them catch up and rest.

Then things really hit the fan.

Review: Vernon uses her dry wit and humanistic viewpoint to write a fine take on the usual fantasy tropes. The goblins are a varied lot, long tired of the war and led by Nessilka with the fine skill of a combination veteran kindergarten teacher and first sergeant, who takes in their quirks with the motherly concern, knowing any of them could be killed at any moment. These aren't just cannon fodder to provide a momentary distraction for the Heroes.

Meanwhile Sings-to-Trees also subverts expectations of elves. He has a farm veterinarian's unsentimental view of animals, unlike his elven peers, loving and serving them even at their most disgusting (Unicorns are beautiful creatures, at least until you spend two hours with your arm up their birth canal to make sure a foal doesn't become a breach birth).

I don't think it's going too far to call Vernon's style Pratchettarian. She can do a comedy of clashing cultures in the same fine style, and can also move from the comic to quiet horror much as PTerry does. This is fine addition to her prose career, and one hopes she follows it up by completing the story "Elf vs. Orc" that introduced Sings-to-Trees for the first time.

Highly recommended.


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Ursula is one of my favourite artists and authors and she did not fail to deliver in this. This book is hilarious and fun and silly, but covers some very very serious subjects about racial relations, mental illness, and war.

The best thing I can say about this book is that it has an elf veterinarian who is one of my favourite characters I've ever come across.

I will give a warning that there is some graphic violence in this, depictions of death of children, and some unflattering descriptions of mentally ill people (by the bad guys, primarily, it is overall positive about mental health struggles).

This is a book I look forward to reading again and I bought a copy for my vet tech partner before I even finished it.
This is a funny, smart tale with lots of interesting characters. It has a novel take on wizards that is a bit disturbing and sad without being really dark. The best way I can think of to describe the style is to compare it to a Pixar movie; It is enjoyable by readers of any age without being shallow, amusing without being outright comedic, and serious at times without getting grimdark. There's a lot going on in the background that would be rich fodder for more stories, and if Ms. "Kingfisher" writes them, I'll read them.
I hate when people make author comparisons because it is usually intended to promote a book, but this is one of the first novels I have read that have truly seemed worthy of comparison to Terry Pratchett. Nine Goblins is filled with characters who are intriguing and complex and centers on a story that, while playing with familiar fantasy tropes, also sheds light on real world concerns. The best of all, though, is that the humor is natural, not forced and overly punny, like so many writers who attempt humorous fantasy.
I wish that I had discovered this book much earlier so that I could already be familiar with T. Kingfisher's work..... but that just means that I have an oh, so pleasurable task in front of me.
Give this one a try. You will be glad you did.
I could probably just write "has an elven veterinarian" as a review and all the people who would love this book would buy it reflexively, but in addition to that, I will say this story is charming and manages to have a wonderful plot without having anyone be a bad guy. You like (or feel sorry for) everyone in it, and when you're done you're all rainbowy and happy and thinking 'the world is -sweet- and Imma gonna go out in it and glow!'

And you do. Or at least, I did. -_-

Seriously, buy and enjoy this. It manages to be an inverted perspective on fantasy WITHOUT being mean-spirited snark, and I don't know how the author did it except that she is awesome. *nods*
Especially a sequel! I l got this at a hectic, frazzled, not very fun time in my life, and read it overnight (I'm a fast reader, and this just so kept making me feel better, the more I read!). I've read it three times in three weeks, interspersed between other books I've read, because it is perfect for relieving the insanity of life. It makes me laugh in all the right places, snort in all the right places, wince in all the right places, roll my eyes in all the right places. I love the Goblin Sergeant, I love the teddy bear, and I love the unusually elven Sings and his "guests", along with every quirky smelly Orc in the band. Even the grim part just sings off the page, with just the right emphasis to make it happen almost by innuendo, and the key characters are so perfect in their imperfections, as they just try to deal with their runaway lives. If you liked the presentation style in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I think you'll like this one. More! I want more! (please!)
Summary In this novella by Digger author/artist Ursula Vernon, the ragtag squad of goblin soldiers of the 19th Regiment (the "Whining Niners") led by veteran Sgt. Nessilka find themselves unexpectedly thrown far away from the battlefield by a human wizard, only to find that they're so far behind enemy lines that they'd have to march fifty miles just to reach the enemy. Fortunately they find themselves the guests of Elven wildlife veterinarian Sings-to-Trees, who patches up their wounded and lets them catch up and rest.

Then things really hit the fan.

Review Vernon uses her dry wit and humanistic viewpoint to write a fine take on the usual fantasy tropes. The goblins are a varied lot, long tired of the war and led by Nessilka with the fine skill of a combination veteran kindergarten teacher and first sergeant, who takes in their quirks with the motherly concern, knowing any of them could be killed at any moment. These aren't just cannon fodder to provide a momentary distraction for the Heroes.

Meanwhile Sings-to-Trees also subverts expectations of elves. He has a farm veterinarian's unsentimental view of animals, unlike his elven peers, loving and serving them even at their most disgusting (Unicorns are beautiful creatures, at least until you spend two hours with your arm up their birth canal to make sure a foal doesn't become a breach birth).

I don't think it's going too far to call Vernon's style Pratchettarian. She can do a comedy of clashing cultures in the same fine style, and can also move from the comic to quiet horror much as PTerry does. This is fine addition to her prose career, and one hopes she follows it up by completing the story "Elf vs. Orc" that introduced Sings-to-Trees for the first time.

Highly recommended.