Reviews

The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets / The Bone Artists / The Warden by Madeleine Roux

sandycruzlab's review against another edition

3.0

hard to put down, spooky, imaginative

ayereads's review

3.0

The Warden gave the vibes that I wanted from this entire series. The other two stories were eh. I liked learning about the characters but that was it.

andymoon's review against another edition

1.0

Added nothing to the already established novels. All 3 stories had plots that finally became intriguing only for it to end abruptly. I would've loved to know more about the Scarlets and Bone Artists and how both groups came into play at Brookline. Pointless novellas in my opinion.

jessiek04's review against another edition

3.0

I'm not a teenager, so please consider my rating accordingly.

bookdragon4lyfe's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

thekissballad's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I give each novella a 2.75 rating because honestly, they didn't really add anything to the main trilogy + prequel.

Each novella barely covered any aspect of the title's namesakes, which left me annoyed because I actually wanted to know more about Warden Crawford, the Scarlets, and the Bone Artists.

Instead you get POVs from the side characters of the trilogy and vague references to the title namesakes.

Did I like getting a few insights into those side characters? Sure, and that's why I even rated this close to 3.0 stars. But they didn't add anything to the overall series. I could have lived without reading these and that's why I'm so disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

welcometoellasbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

book4grace's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

linneamb_02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

blurrybug's review against another edition

3.0

This is only gave this a 3 star because I really enjoyed the last story "The Warden" as it gives a back story to the life in the asylum when Warden Daniel Crawford was in charge.

However the other two stories The Scarlets that shows how students joined up with the secret society and The Bone artist follows Micah and his friend Oliver and their involvement with some highly illegal craiglist jobs didn't add that much to the series.
Sure it was nice getting a little more in The Bone Artist but as it didn't add or take anything away from the story I easily could've done without it.

To sum it up it was just slightly "meh"