Reviews - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

4.23 AVERAGE

existential_crisis3's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is exactly what I want when I read a book about vampires. It's dark, gritty and explores the scary parts of humanity.

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caitlynfox's review against another edition

2.75

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nick_w's review against another edition

3.75

dark fast-paced

No mention of lesbian vampires in the description, and I don’t like vampires. Ending seemed rushed while the rest seemed too drawn out. The stuff about Catty was pretty much unnecessary, and there wasn’t really a need to understand everything about Sabine’s and Lottie’s relationship to understand why Alice was targeted. A lot of exposition for little pay off.

Beautiful, lyrical, poetic writing as always, I love Schwab’s style, I just wasn’t interested in the content.

andrewoneten's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional 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

angel0907's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

timelord10's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

I'm starting this book at a 4 star because it took me so long to read. It does have the potential to be higher. This is my first V.E. Schwab book, and I love the writing style. I definitely want to read more of their books. It just took me so long to read because life has been crazy.

I don't think the plot of this book was my favorite. It's hard to describe the plot. It's a story within a story. In the 2019 timeline, you have Alice, and at the same time you're switching to Sabine's timeline. And eventually Charlotte's story bridges everything together. Alice's part bored me in the beginning. I would keep reading to get to Sabine's parts. By the end of the book, I hated Sabine and was more interested in Alice's story. My favorite character though is Charlotte because I find her very relatable. Sabine is the most dynamic character in my opinion. I think her character changes the most throughout the story. The characters are definitely my favorite part because I love how complex V.E. Schwab makes them.

I think this book has solidified that I'm not a huge fan of adult vampire books. Adult vampire books are more graphic in the description of sucking blood and murder aspects, and the descriptions bother me. I don't usually mind YA vampire books because the descriptions are toned down.