Reviews

Bone Swans by C.S.E. Cooney, Gene Wolfe

bryn_cavin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.75

mollyoneillwrites's review against another edition

5.0

Oh another beautiful entry into the CSE Cooney canon. Five stories, collected in an award winning anthology, each interesting and compelling in its own way.

adru's review against another edition

Ma lugesin neid jutte eelmisel aastal, aga unustasin siia kirja panna: meeles on, et osa meeldis mulle väga ja et mõni kohe yllatas, mis on muinasjutulaadse toote puhul veel eriti yllatav.

books_and_keys's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.5

pearlc's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad medium-paced

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

3.25

linguana's review against another edition

5.0

Gaaaaah, I loved this. I mean, LOVED it!

All my gushing fangirly thoughts can be found here

rosie_reads_7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• 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

5.0

kyirrin's review against another edition

5.0

"The Bone Swans of Amandale" is, I think, my absolute favorite short story. I love everything about it - the narrator, the writing, the fairytale-ish premise...and I won't list literally everything. Although "The Big Bah-Ha" was extremely weird and creepy and sweet, the other stories didn't stand out for me. Despite that, the book was worth it just for the titular piece.

pollincowbell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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

5.0

fictionalhannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a great collection, I feel like each story was very unique, although some of them started to drag halfway through. If I were to read this collection again, I would take breaks between the stories and not try to read them consecutively as if it were a novel.