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Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith

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dar_muzz's review against another edition

3.0

The 55 Bone comics were compiled into 9 books. Smith creates a very strange world by mashing up comic book conventions, such as buffoon relatives, with fantasy elements, such as medieval worlds and monsters. The first volume is clearly a set-up for an epic adventure.

librariandest's review

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3.0

I don't really get Bone. I mean, what are the bones? They're like these doughy-shaped people who live in a world with humans, dragons, rat creatures (who, by the way, don't really look very much like rats), talking possums, giant talking bugs, and some kind of super-evil villain who wears a hood like the Emperor from Star Wars. It's just inexplicably weird.

But it's also high quality fantasy. The characters are well-drawn, the jokes work, the action flows, the world is interesting... Even though I'm perplexed by it, I want to read more. In fat, I can't believe I only bought volume 1. When you finish volume 1, you're going to want to read volume 2 immediately.

asimilarkite's review

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4.0

Oh how fun. How could you not like this book? There are adorable bone creatures and a tiny leaf bug named Ted and a grandma who races cows. Speaking of which, I am very much looking forward to the next volume so I can see an epic cow race. Are you intrigued yet?

yourbookishgamermom's review

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5.0

So I got to read this for my last English class in College just for fun and this was definitely a fun little piece to read. It was nice to end off the semester with such a fun and easy read like this. the story is quite interesting and I adore the artwork.

hamckeon's review against another edition

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1.0

I read this because many of my students enjoy the series. I just found the whole concept stupid and the characters annoying. I know many people would disagree with me, but this series is just not for me.