Reviews - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

4.24 AVERAGE

llamameemaw's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wildwondering7's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

grayroacegnome's review against another edition

5.0

Speaking as someone who loved reading Anne Rice’s queer & toxic vampire relationships as a teenager, this book matches those vibes perfectly, possibly even improving on them. The atmosphere and lyricism, the character growth and decay, the longing and betrayal, the desperate hunger for freedom and connection, the celebration of queer identities even in villains - I cannot get enough. If you loved Addie LaRue but wonder what if it contained infinitely more corruption and messy relationships, you must read this book IMMEDIATELY!

As always, I am including a list of Content Warnings for anyone who finds them helpful - so STOP READING HERE TO AVOID MINOR SPOILERS!!

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Content Warnings:

- alcohol use
- bereavement, including loss of a friend, sibling, parent & partner
- bigotry - misogyny and homophobia/lesbophobia
- pregnancy
- sexual content
- sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape (multiple instances, including spousal rape, described in some detail)
- toxic romantic relationship & emotional abuse
- violence, blood, torture/gore and death/murder (including death of a child/teenager, and brief mention of euthanasia)

e_collina's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmareadscrime's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

justalazyreader's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eb81611's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cristysl's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark sad 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: N/A

lily_sanderson's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

eltheb00kw0rm04's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

Incredible, I wish this book was a peice of cake so I could eat it. Scratch that a whole cake so I could consume so much of it that I become sick (in a good way).

The storytelling is immaculate, and the lesbians incredible.

Loved every second of it.

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