Reviews - The Unquiet Bones

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504 reviews for:

The Unquiet Bones

Loreth Anne White

3.91 AVERAGE

tanmag83's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Content Warnings

harp78's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

emmiet123's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

waldfuchs's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

1lukor_3's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

CHILLS… LITERAL CHILLS!!!.

That plot twist? Left. My. Jaw. On. The. Floor.

OMG. Just give me a few minutes to get myself together

Deep breath

Okay. I’m ready.

As a girlie who occasionally watched Missing on Investigation ID (a show I never loved because of the frustrating lack of closure and justice), this book genuinely scared me in the beginning. But once I started getting to know the characters,I was invested.

Can I just gush over how the author gave each character such a distinct personality?! I loved that.

The pacing? Impeccable. The way all the pieces slowly came together? Genius. And those little nuggets of knowledge about investigations and forensics? I swear I feel smarter now. And that plot twist at the end?! Mind-blowing.

That quote that opens the book
"Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table by W. H. Auden" was such a telltale sign of what was coming. But honestly, I just didn’t want to believe it. I guess that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

Do I wish we got more on how things unfolded with the Shoreview Six? Absolutely. And Jane’s fiancé ? Yes please! But again,that’s kind of the beauty of this book.

Because in the context of ambiguous loss, “closure” is a myth. We should not be forced to chase closure but instead find ways to coexist with our complex feelings and to always remember that our reactions are completely normal, not a sign of personal weakness.