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lagobond's review against another edition
3.0
A bit tedious. Lots of walking around and doubting each other. Plenty of end-of-the-world doom & gloom. This volume in particular really reminded me of LotR. It all feels a bit disjointed and not always internally consistent/logical. Still entertaining enough that I finished the whole thing, though.
bluenicorn's review against another edition
3.0
Finally, Phoney has grown on me. I think it was the captain ahab get-up. :)
coltmiranda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
maniikoi's review against another edition
5.0
And the battle begins.
If any of you were worried about never seeing Bartleby again, don't worry, he's back!! I'm so happy to see the baby rat creature again pretty much all grown up. And we get to finally find out why Bartleby doesn't look like the other rat creatures, which was interesting!
This volume introduces new magic and elements and furthers the narrative with the Lord of the Locust, and shows us just how chaotic the world would truly be if he were freed.
Exciting and thrilling! Can't wait to read the next one!
If any of you were worried about never seeing Bartleby again, don't worry, he's back!! I'm so happy to see the baby rat creature again pretty much all grown up. And we get to finally find out why Bartleby doesn't look like the other rat creatures, which was interesting!
This volume introduces new magic and elements and furthers the narrative with the Lord of the Locust, and shows us just how chaotic the world would truly be if he were freed.
Exciting and thrilling! Can't wait to read the next one!
ubalstecha's review against another edition
Brilliant series gets even better as we begin to see Thorns powers manifest.
jossarian4's review against another edition
5.0
The story getting more interesting, the characters growing; everything is ramping up. The only thing that I would consider a negative is the seeming leap in Thorn's character; I feel though that by the end, the changes will be reconciled.
twicebaked's review against another edition
5.0
She's finally got powers! Things are super exciting! She's going places! She's doing things! People are being more useful and you're not so sad!
It's still sad that their whole world is kind of ruined, but it's so exciting that it's fast-paced enough, it's action-packed, things are happening, and you know what they're doing and why they're doing it. You know more of her background, you know more about what they're trying to do, and accomplish, who they're trying to defeat and just exactly why.
I can't remember the specifics, but yeah it's a great book. 6 stars.
(full review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2328800937)
It's still sad that their whole world is kind of ruined, but it's so exciting that it's fast-paced enough, it's action-packed, things are happening, and you know what they're doing and why they're doing it. You know more of her background, you know more about what they're trying to do, and accomplish, who they're trying to defeat and just exactly why.
I can't remember the specifics, but yeah it's a great book. 6 stars.
(full review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2328800937)
nick13's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
As always the art is amazing, in fact, I'd say the art in this one is the best due to the sheer epicness it portrays but also how it conveys what people are thinking in one or two slides. Everything the other books were leading to is now over and now the world is cracking to pieces and holy god is it epic!! Truly thought everything in this was so freaking cool! The only thing that kept it from a 5 star review was due to the fact that there were just a couple little character things that were kinda dumb like when grandma Ben thought Lucius was dead because he wasn't where she left him, but when Thorn used her power to see into a ghost circle, Ben was just like "oop, guess I was wrong ._." Like th!? In most reviews that would be very minor but since these books are so short and not much is covered, those little things really matter to each review. Overall, though, once the story began to pick up, it shows its greatness and epicness on new levels. Even though it's a "children's story", other epics should aspire to be like this one.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent
crowyhead's review against another edition
5.0
This is an excellent installment in the Bone series. Jeff Smith's artwork just absolutely shines, particularly when I compare it to Paul Chadwick's disappointingly static work on The World Below, which I read recently. Reading this makes me want to go back and read all of the installments up to this point, all in one sitting, just to be reminded of how much of the groundwork for the current thrilling events was laid from the very beginning.