Reviews - Bone Key | The StoryGraph

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This book is certainly a few steps up from Nevermore, which was a book in this series written by the same author. I even liked it a bit better than witch's canyon, mostly because that book was a slow-paced one where only the ending was really entertaining. I do honestly think that DeCandido does very little research even though he pretends to do a lot.

What I also noticed was that in Nevermore, DeCandido called Dean's eyes blue. He now came back on that by making Dean think he didn't know why people always thought his eyes were blue, since they were "clearly hazel". Nice try there, man. Wrong again. (I actually thought that was pretty funny.)
If anything, though, his description of Key West was pretty vivid. It made me want to go there. I even ended up googeling the island to see if it was kind of like it was described in the book.

I'd say this is a pretty good "fanfiction", but like with most of these books they can't really be compared to canon.

lisajlindstrom's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jljaina19's review against another edition

3.0

Lots of mixed feelings on this Supernatural-based novel. It wasn't bad, especially for being a spin-off from a tv series, yet was far from impressive. The best paranormal-hunting brothers are always worth reading about.

**Warning if you have not seen at least the first 2 season of the tv series, this review may contain spoilers for you**

This story takes Sam and Dean to Key West. It takes place during the tv series' season three. Dean is trying to live up his last year, Sam wants to find a way to save him. This is one of the greatest positives for this book. I loved knowing when this takes place in the timeline. There is a lot happening in this novel. Ancient evil, demons and ghosts! While parts seem like it could make a good episode, there is a bit too much happening to make it work. And a fair share is left unresolved.

This is also quite cheesy. Just like the show has some light-hearted episodes (such as Yellow Fever), this goes right along. Yet it tries to toss in the serious aspect with Sam wanting to help Dean out. Bit of messy confusion as to how to perceive the focus. Especially being as I didn't get that strong relationship feel between the brothers here. Way too casual with the mix.

I did enjoy the Hemingway ghost stop. And all the cats!! Craziness! But very fun to read about. I suppose I now have a slight reason for visiting Key West myself one day!