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The Daughters' War

Book · Fantasy books · 10 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/Fantasy, r/horrorlit

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Couldn’t agree more, I consider it a masterpiece - and the goblins portrayed here are, IMO, the most daunting antagonists portrayed in fantasy.
  • This is one of the best, unexpected books I’ve ever read. It’s so good, in so many ways. The Corvids are almost like characters in a way - and the bond they have is, for a lack of a better way to word it, precious.
  • If anyone here is an audio book listener, Nikki Garcia deserves all the flowers for her performance. Legit teared up several times throughout the book because of her delivery.
  • I didn't expect to be moved by the corvids and their relationships with their handlers as much as I was. Pretty sure there were tears from me at times.
  • Loved this one, and Blacktongue Theif.

Cons

  • Galva is very dry in comparison and I had a hard time pushing through the first few chapters. I wanted to love it, but it was missing that piece that made me love the BTT so much

Sentiment

9 positive (90%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 0 negative (0%)

Trust + time weighted score: +90% · raw score 90%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

Galva is very dry in comparison and I had a hard time pushing through the first few chapters. I wanted to love it, but it was missing that piece that made me love the BTT so much
mixed · u/N****s · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Couldn’t agree more, I consider it a masterpiece - and the goblins portrayed here are, IMO, the most daunting antagonists portrayed in fantasy.
positive · u/w****1 · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
This is one of the best, unexpected books I’ve ever read. It’s so good, in so many ways. The Corvids are almost like characters in a way - and the bond they have is, for a lack of a better way to word it, precious.
positive · u/L****d · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
If anyone here is an audio book listener, Nikki Garcia deserves all the flowers for her performance. Legit teared up several times throughout the book because of her delivery.
positive · u/L****d · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I didn't expect to be moved by the corvids and their relationships with their handlers as much as I was. Pretty sure there were tears from me at times.
positive · u/b****3 · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Loved this one, and Blacktongue Theif.
positive · u/B****9 · r/Fantasy · comment · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I recently finished the Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman and I was blown away. ... It's still an example of grimdark, with humor and a high degree of medieval verisimilitude. Yet everything about the Daughters' War feels more refined.
positive · u/F****r · r/Fantasy · Aug 20, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Nobody’s mentioned The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman (sp?) yet, so I’m mentioning it.
positive · u/P****0 · r/Fantasy · comment · Jul 12, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
The prequel to it, The Daughters War, felt much more like horror to me.
positive · u/I****t · r/Fantasy · comment · May 28, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Same with The Daughters War, same author, a prequel to Black Tongue Thief.
positive · u/A****8 · r/horrorlit · comment · May 6, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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