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phoenix2's review
3.0
Beastly Bones is the second book of the Jackaby series and it explores a new mystery.
This time around we get more information about the side characters and the mystery was also enjoyable and had a lot of action towards the ending. There was a little bit of romance as well.
This time around we get more information about the side characters and the mystery was also enjoyable and had a lot of action towards the ending. There was a little bit of romance as well.
sarahp85's review
4.0
Dont know why I never continued this series as I did love the first Jackaby book. Now doing them as audiobooks as I have long commutes and they are so entertaining. On to the third
aouda88's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
itratali's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
sin_flore's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
I am the kind of person who can be sucked into one subject completely, until I grow bored of it and move on to the next. At the moment I'm sucked into Sherlock Holmes, and other detectives, retellings and I'm actually enjoying it to the fullest. Since I finished the first book in the Jackaby series I was already counting down the days until my week of waiting to read a book by the same author was over so I could pick up the second book.
And this second book is just as amazing as the first book! Mostly because the book is setting up a bigger arc that will surely span over the next three books in the series and also connected to the first one. Although I also really liked the mystery in this book. At times it seemed a little chaotic, with loads of characters and information and possible things that needed to be looked into, but in the end everything came together quite nicely and more than once I laughed out loud.
That's mostly because of Jackaby himself. I wouldn't say I have a crush on him. I'm a way too emotional person to fall in love with a person who lacks some basic understanding of human emotions, but I do think he's one of the most amazing male characters I've come across. He can be incredibly blunt and he blurts out things that every sane person would not even dare to think, but therefore he's quite unique and in a way also endearing. It's hard to get and stay angry with him.
I also really love Abigail and her journey. I especially liked the conflict that was brought up in this book. A part of Abigail does want to settle down and give in to the love she feels for Charlie, but a part of her needs adventure and doesn't want to give her job and its risks up. Without relying on brute strength, Abigail is becoming a stronger person during this story. And that's mostly because she learns to rely on her intellect. She's growing so very much into her own person and a likable one on top of it.
I can't wait to read the next installment in this series, hopefully next week!
And this second book is just as amazing as the first book! Mostly because the book is setting up a bigger arc that will surely span over the next three books in the series and also connected to the first one. Although I also really liked the mystery in this book. At times it seemed a little chaotic, with loads of characters and information and possible things that needed to be looked into, but in the end everything came together quite nicely and more than once I laughed out loud.
That's mostly because of Jackaby himself. I wouldn't say I have a crush on him. I'm a way too emotional person to fall in love with a person who lacks some basic understanding of human emotions, but I do think he's one of the most amazing male characters I've come across. He can be incredibly blunt and he blurts out things that every sane person would not even dare to think, but therefore he's quite unique and in a way also endearing. It's hard to get and stay angry with him.
I also really love Abigail and her journey. I especially liked the conflict that was brought up in this book. A part of Abigail does want to settle down and give in to the love she feels for Charlie, but a part of her needs adventure and doesn't want to give her job and its risks up. Without relying on brute strength, Abigail is becoming a stronger person during this story. And that's mostly because she learns to rely on her intellect. She's growing so very much into her own person and a likable one on top of it.
I can't wait to read the next installment in this series, hopefully next week!
freadomlibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Actual rating 4.5 stars
This review was originally posted at https://freadomlibrary.wordpress.com/
Critically
Plot – 4.5 out of 5 stars
Everything was just better in this second book. It had a faster pace, it was more action packed and it even had a creepy and spooky element that had me on the edge of my seat. There’s suspense and mystery, even more intriguing than the mystery from the first book. It was just as funny as the first, thanks to Jackaby, and full of entertainment and themes of friendship. I’m hopeful that the last book will be the best by far.
Writing Style – 3.5 out of 5 stars
The writing style is getting better but it takes me awhile to get into it in the beginning. It’s light and fast paced. The dialogue is a cross between totally hilarious and informative in regards to the paranormal creatures that are featured. It’s really descriptive and detailed and follows the time period its set in really well. It’s silly and quirky which I appreciate because it fits the story well.
Characters – 4 out of 5 stars
I am really starting to fall in love with this quirky group. Abby is burrowing into my heart little by little. I love her personality and how she’s developing. She’s really smart and clever and that shines in this book a lot. She’s headstrong and determined and I love how she pushes for what she believes in and defends herself against people who think less of her. But at the same time, she’s feminine and wants to be a woman but a woman who can have adventures. She’s trying to figure out how to be herself and what that means and I loved her development! And then there’s Jackaby, who is amazing! He’s exactly the same as he was in the first book. He’s clever and quirky and extremely peculiar. Obviously, he’s incredibly smart about paranormal creatures but he shows a lot of compassion and understanding for Abby in this book. She’s struggling with some of her other relationships and he does the bare minimum for a normal person when it comes to advice but for him, it’s out of this world. I love his character and I want to know more about him and his past. There’s also some new side characters introduced in this book and they were all really interesting and complex. There was a really hilarious rivalry as well as some rough and tough men. AND THERE’S A FEMALE FRIENDSHIP! WOO!
Emotionally
The plot is entertaining. We jump right back into the lives of Abigail and Jackaby as a new wave of murders takes them to a farm in a nearby town in the middle of nowhere to search for a missing fossil. I was transported back into their world as soon as the book began. The plot is a lot more action packed in this one. We’re searching for a missing fossil of a HUGE group of fossil that seems to be a new type of dinosaur. This brings a lot more characters, two archeologists, a female reporter and a exotic game hunter. Obviously, this made the plot so exciting! So many different personalities and relationships that made everything so much more entertaining. I found myself incredibly invested in the mystery but also at the same time completely lost. I had no idea what was really going on and I was blown away by the reveal. It was insane! We got to explore a different setting than usual as well as meet new paranormal creatures. That’s one of the parts that I really love about these books because those creatures are not just vampires, werewolves, or your typical paranormal. They’re actually new and interesting and ones I’ve never heard of before. The ending was kind of like a set up for the next book. A new mystery is introduced involving Jenny, a ghost living in Jackaby’s house whom we meet in the first book, about how the mysterious circumstances involving her death. I WANNA KNOW!
Abby is absolutely awesome in my opinion. She’s kind of grappling with her identity in this one. She’s eager to have adventures and study fossils like her father has done her entire life, she gets her passion from him, but at the same time she likes the idea of romance. She’s feminine and demure sometimes and has fantasies of falling in love and so on, more characteristic of a regular woman during that time. I loved that contrast and her development in accepting her personality and the kind of woman she wants to be. Love her and I can’t wait to see more of her.
Jackaby is by far my favorite character in this series. He’s quite sweet in an unconventional way. He’s super weird and quirky and doesn’t understand social norms, but he’s caring and compassionate in his own way. I love him so much! Hank was introduced briefly in the first book but we get to know him a lot more in this one. He’s hilarious! Crazy, addicted to adrenaline, and obsessed with strange creatures, he was the humor in the story but also caught my heart a little bit. Cane is another character we met in the first book and I was so glad that we got to see him again. He’s really sweet and protective and quite adorable but there’s a tough side to him that we got to see in this one. I hope for more interaction and development from him in the next book.
Overall, I really loved this second installment. I’m really enjoying the characters and their development. The plot is entertaining and mysterious. I am looking forward to the (possible) last book in the series to get to know more of the background information to the characters.
This review was originally posted at https://freadomlibrary.wordpress.com/
Critically
Plot – 4.5 out of 5 stars
Everything was just better in this second book. It had a faster pace, it was more action packed and it even had a creepy and spooky element that had me on the edge of my seat. There’s suspense and mystery, even more intriguing than the mystery from the first book. It was just as funny as the first, thanks to Jackaby, and full of entertainment and themes of friendship. I’m hopeful that the last book will be the best by far.
Writing Style – 3.5 out of 5 stars
The writing style is getting better but it takes me awhile to get into it in the beginning. It’s light and fast paced. The dialogue is a cross between totally hilarious and informative in regards to the paranormal creatures that are featured. It’s really descriptive and detailed and follows the time period its set in really well. It’s silly and quirky which I appreciate because it fits the story well.
Characters – 4 out of 5 stars
I am really starting to fall in love with this quirky group. Abby is burrowing into my heart little by little. I love her personality and how she’s developing. She’s really smart and clever and that shines in this book a lot. She’s headstrong and determined and I love how she pushes for what she believes in and defends herself against people who think less of her. But at the same time, she’s feminine and wants to be a woman but a woman who can have adventures. She’s trying to figure out how to be herself and what that means and I loved her development! And then there’s Jackaby, who is amazing! He’s exactly the same as he was in the first book. He’s clever and quirky and extremely peculiar. Obviously, he’s incredibly smart about paranormal creatures but he shows a lot of compassion and understanding for Abby in this book. She’s struggling with some of her other relationships and he does the bare minimum for a normal person when it comes to advice but for him, it’s out of this world. I love his character and I want to know more about him and his past. There’s also some new side characters introduced in this book and they were all really interesting and complex. There was a really hilarious rivalry as well as some rough and tough men. AND THERE’S A FEMALE FRIENDSHIP! WOO!
Emotionally
Spoiler
I enjoyed this one much more than the first because absolutely everything just got better and better.The plot is entertaining. We jump right back into the lives of Abigail and Jackaby as a new wave of murders takes them to a farm in a nearby town in the middle of nowhere to search for a missing fossil. I was transported back into their world as soon as the book began. The plot is a lot more action packed in this one. We’re searching for a missing fossil of a HUGE group of fossil that seems to be a new type of dinosaur. This brings a lot more characters, two archeologists, a female reporter and a exotic game hunter. Obviously, this made the plot so exciting! So many different personalities and relationships that made everything so much more entertaining. I found myself incredibly invested in the mystery but also at the same time completely lost. I had no idea what was really going on and I was blown away by the reveal. It was insane! We got to explore a different setting than usual as well as meet new paranormal creatures. That’s one of the parts that I really love about these books because those creatures are not just vampires, werewolves, or your typical paranormal. They’re actually new and interesting and ones I’ve never heard of before. The ending was kind of like a set up for the next book. A new mystery is introduced involving Jenny, a ghost living in Jackaby’s house whom we meet in the first book, about how the mysterious circumstances involving her death. I WANNA KNOW!
Abby is absolutely awesome in my opinion. She’s kind of grappling with her identity in this one. She’s eager to have adventures and study fossils like her father has done her entire life, she gets her passion from him, but at the same time she likes the idea of romance. She’s feminine and demure sometimes and has fantasies of falling in love and so on, more characteristic of a regular woman during that time. I loved that contrast and her development in accepting her personality and the kind of woman she wants to be. Love her and I can’t wait to see more of her.
Jackaby is by far my favorite character in this series. He’s quite sweet in an unconventional way. He’s super weird and quirky and doesn’t understand social norms, but he’s caring and compassionate in his own way. I love him so much! Hank was introduced briefly in the first book but we get to know him a lot more in this one. He’s hilarious! Crazy, addicted to adrenaline, and obsessed with strange creatures, he was the humor in the story but also caught my heart a little bit. Cane is another character we met in the first book and I was so glad that we got to see him again. He’s really sweet and protective and quite adorable but there’s a tough side to him that we got to see in this one. I hope for more interaction and development from him in the next book.
Overall, I really loved this second installment. I’m really enjoying the characters and their development. The plot is entertaining and mysterious. I am looking forward to the (possible) last book in the series to get to know more of the background information to the characters.
thisjustem's review
4.0
Although I did quite enjoy it, it wasn't as good as the first book. I will be looking forward to reading the next one though, as this one left a very intriguing setup for it! I would have liked to see a bit more exploration of the characters as it was very plot driven. With Jackaby, especially. All in all enjoyable though!