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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A prequel to the Bone series, it introduces the young Princess Ross, who appears as a feisty cow-racing grandma in later books.
A lovely addition to the Bone series. Charles Vess' illustrations (which I first saw in Neil Gaiman's 'Stardust) are beautiful and bring a nice new touch to a series I already know and love. 'Rose' provides a nice backstory for Gran'ma Ben, even though she seems little like the rough and tumble lady I grew to adore in the other nine books.
3,5/5. Quite interesting prequel to the Bone series, especially liked the art.
The Charles Vess artwork is wonderful, but this prequel/side story to Bone lacks the humor that I value so much in the main series.
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
<She killed a dog. I will never read this again. :( >
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As a big fan of the Bone series...this sucks. The plot conflicts with Rose's past in the main story and as much as I liked the overall aesthetic of the art style with this one, the faces are just...ew.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting
Well Charles Vess is doing the art, so obviously the art is better. But it is offset by the font on the lettering being almost unreadable. This is a prequel, but really it doesn't contain any surprises. Other than the large number of bad choices Rose makes. Still not a bad story, just not a great one.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes