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nolalee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Gun violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Drug use, and Medical content
pagesandplanets'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Murder, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, and Slavery
hollicane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Moderate: Slavery, Murder, Death, and Violence
roisinmarie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, and Violence
whatjasread'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? Yes
4.0
• I adore Paige and Arcturus and the entire gang
• I think I cried twice which surprised me
• bit info dumpy at the start but gradually improves once the action starts
• don’t know if or when I’ll get to the next book but I won’t rule it out!
TWs: blood, child death, vomiting, gore, gun violence, kidnapping, medical content (inc. needles), drugging, murder, sexual assault, slavery (inc. master/slave relationships), torture, violence, xenophobia
Graphic: Murder, Child death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Vomit, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Xenophobia
theonlybaillie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Physical abuse
karolinaz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Confinement, Blood, and Body horror
thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Confinement, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Slavery
Minor: Body horror
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence
queer_bookwyrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon is the first book in the Bone Season series. This book was not quite what I expected it to be, but I enjoyed it quite a lot anyway. It was fascinating learning about all the different types of clarivoyants.
We follow Paige Mahoney, a dreamwalker in the London underground clarivoyant gang, the Seven Seals. In this world, London has been taken over by the Scion regime, which has outlawed being a clarivoyant and has forced those who are to be extremely marginalized. The only voyants that seem to be doing okay in this world are the ones who work for Scion and arrest and attack other voyants. When Paige is captured, she is taken to Sheol I, a penal city for voyants run by otherworldly beings known as the Rephaite. What Paige finds is slavery and inhumane living conditions and horrific abuses.
This was such an in depth and complicated book. The world building was just so much. Luckily it came with its own glossary so I didn't have to Google words every five minutes lol. The beginning was a little slow at first, but things picked up once we got to Sheol I and we start learning about the Rephaite and the Emim. There is just a lot of information packed into the beginning.
I loved Paige's growth as a dreamwalker and learning about the different types of clarivoyants and their abilities. The character growth between Paige and Warden was excellent and complex. There were themes of don't judge someone just for what they are, instead get to know them and not assume. Survival is more important than defiance. Although romance wasn't the main point of the book, I though Shannon did a great job of depicting unrequited love and the experience aspecs have of trying to have sex but not really wanting it. Paige is definitely on the ace spectrum somewhere.
You all know I love a good revolution story, and this is just the beginning of a big one! Definitely looking forward to the rest of the books.
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Slavery, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Sexual content