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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
This book has sat in my TBR for too long! I loved it. Different and exciting. Normally I hate back and forth books but there have been a few that surprise me and this is definitely one
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Only made it half way through. the story is very slow moving and I just couldn't get into it.
This book tried to tell me how to feel about characters, places and events rather than allow me to feel the actual emotion. Very heavy handed, poor pacing and shallow character development.
Lots of potential to the world building, but I'm sorry, I cant just feel in awe of something because I'm told it's amazing and that I should be in awe of it. Just some very simplistic fantasy tropes here with some quality window dressing.
Wont be continuing the series.
Lots of potential to the world building, but I'm sorry, I cant just feel in awe of something because I'm told it's amazing and that I should be in awe of it. Just some very simplistic fantasy tropes here with some quality window dressing.
Wont be continuing the series.
Starts off kind of slow and drags. I had to get used to the past vs. present POVs, but I do love how the flow and connect and it also gives you the “omg how did this happen” factor that keeps you hooked to read how the future came to be.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
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
Really good and full of life. I love the way it’s written. The last 50 pages left me entirely too confused though. The twist came out of no where with no prior hints throughout the book and Tea just says she’s always known who it was... but the reader is given no hint to that whatsoever.
The Bone Witch is beautifully written, with lovely passages and good world building. I was able to clearly visualize the world and its inhabitants. The narrative alternates between two points in time. In the first, Tea (pronounced Tey-uh), surrounded by teachers, fellow students, and her asha family, is learning what she needs to know to be a powerful and effective wielder of magic. In the second, she is alone and in a dark place, telling her story to an interested bard and preparing for action. The novel opens strong and the cover is gorgeous.
However, the pace of The Bone Witch is glacial. Glaaacial. And the slow pace is not spent developing character. Despite the slow pace, I never felt I got to know Tea; her dead brother Fox was the most interesting part of the book. We also don't see any action to explain how Tea went from the first place, surrounded by friends and family, to that place of solitude until late in the book. We do see her undergo training in dance, voice, martial arts, how to wear her special asha clothing and jewelry, etc. Oh, and a little bit about raising the dead.
The narrative is relentlessly joyless, yet I was compelled to keep reading. Big questions are left unanswered, and I am intrigued enough that I will plan to read the sequel.
Although much in this book feels original, sometimes the author does wander into cliché territory (from p. 202 of the advance reader copy: "Don't worry your pretty head over it, my dear," the old man said kindly”).
I give The Bone Witch points for a transgender character, a boy who knows he won't survive as a soldier and dreams of being the first male asha instead.
This book will find its reader, but many others will stop reading long before the end.
I read an advance reader copy of The Bone Witch.
However, the pace of The Bone Witch is glacial. Glaaacial. And the slow pace is not spent developing character. Despite the slow pace, I never felt I got to know Tea; her dead brother Fox was the most interesting part of the book. We also don't see any action to explain how Tea went from the first place, surrounded by friends and family, to that place of solitude until late in the book. We do see her undergo training in dance, voice, martial arts, how to wear her special asha clothing and jewelry, etc. Oh, and a little bit about raising the dead.
The narrative is relentlessly joyless, yet I was compelled to keep reading. Big questions are left unanswered, and I am intrigued enough that I will plan to read the sequel.
Although much in this book feels original, sometimes the author does wander into cliché territory (from p. 202 of the advance reader copy: "Don't worry your pretty head over it, my dear," the old man said kindly”).
I give The Bone Witch points for a transgender character, a boy who knows he won't survive as a soldier and dreams of being the first male asha instead.
This book will find its reader, but many others will stop reading long before the end.
I read an advance reader copy of The Bone Witch.