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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I didn't gel with the writing style. Plenty of folks might but something about the diction and voice just... rubbed me the wrong way. It felt more like a teenager's first brush with high fantasy than a true adult (or even young adult) novel.
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
The Bone Witch was a delightfully dark tale that I thoroughly enjoyed. This book did start out slow for me, and it took me about 200 pages to really get into the story, but once I did I was hooked. The POVs of this book shift between the past and present day. The present-day POV is told from a young bard who Tea, now 17, is telling her story to. The past POV documents Tea's journey of becoming a bone witch. I enjoyed the dual POVs because it kept me wondering how Tea ended up exiled from society, when her journey initially seems so promising. The ending of this book also genuinely surprised me and made me pick up book two immediately.
If you're still not convinced, let me sum up the vibes for you: necromancy. enemies to lovers (my all time favorite trope). badass FMC and side characters.
If you're still not convinced, let me sum up the vibes for you: necromancy. enemies to lovers (my all time favorite trope). badass FMC and side characters.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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:
Complicated
This book is actually really good it was hard for me to grasp and understand how it was written in the beginning but once I got used to it the story had me hooked I am eager to see what happens from here
dark
slow-paced
Ahh no, I was a little disappointed :( The ending! If only I had known when I started that this was the first in a series, and that it doesn't really stand alone, then I may have gone in with different expectations and been more satisfied. As it was, I had high hopes for this book since I had heard about it on Book Riot's All the Books podcast. I liked the world that the author built and I liked a lot of the characters-- so many complex and significant female characters! Love seeing that!-- but unfortunately I was left with a feeling of anti-climax and frustration.
In my opinion, too much time was spent setting up the world, and there was no clear goal or purpose building up to the climax. Indeed, there was a brief moment of intense excitement which was well-written near the end. But it felt haphazard and out of context; it just sort of came out of nowhere. I also was not expecting a cliffhanger ending! There was one major twist near the end, and one continuous plot thread which was left as a loose end (the times that the plot jumped into the present/future a bit, in conversation with the Bard). Both of those elements were obviously a setup for the next books in the series, but the whole thing just felt like a long exposition for what may well be a very thrilling rest of the series.
The writing was pretty good and it was a fun read, but I wasn't really drawn in. I kept reading more out of a hope and anticipation that it would suddenly get a lot better. Alas, it was pretty consistently slow and steady throughout.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this unless the reader was prepared to dive into the whole series. I'm not sure if I will continue reading the next book-- so many other books that feel like they may give a higher reward for my invested time!
In my opinion, too much time was spent setting up the world, and there was no clear goal or purpose building up to the climax. Indeed, there was a brief moment of intense excitement which was well-written near the end. But it felt haphazard and out of context; it just sort of came out of nowhere. I also was not expecting a cliffhanger ending! There was one major twist near the end, and one continuous plot thread which was left as a loose end (the times that the plot jumped into the present/future a bit, in conversation with the Bard). Both of those elements were obviously a setup for the next books in the series, but the whole thing just felt like a long exposition for what may well be a very thrilling rest of the series.
The writing was pretty good and it was a fun read, but I wasn't really drawn in. I kept reading more out of a hope and anticipation that it would suddenly get a lot better. Alas, it was pretty consistently slow and steady throughout.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this unless the reader was prepared to dive into the whole series. I'm not sure if I will continue reading the next book-- so many other books that feel like they may give a higher reward for my invested time!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS! The flashbacks are what keep the story going and interesting. The style is similar to a Patrick Rothfuss but young adult. Sigh. That's all I feel like I can say right now. But I liked it. And now I need more.