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quinnster's review against another edition
4.0
Bartleby!!
My review of the entire series is on my blog at http://knowitnotsomuch.blogspot.com/2013/01/bone.html
My review of the entire series is on my blog at http://knowitnotsomuch.blogspot.com/2013/01/bone.html
north_willow's review
5.0
Good as usual
I thought this book was for kids! Apparently not cause someone is always dying
I thought this book was for kids! Apparently not cause someone is always dying
pantsyreads's review
4.0
Review originally posted here.
Why I Read It: Next in a series. Only two more to go before I'm finished!!
JEFF SMITH COULD YOU BE ANY MORE DEPRESSING?? I THOUGHT THESE WERE FOR CHILDREN!!
Seriously though, I've been saying in every review since volume 3 "this series just keeps getting darker and darker" (because it has!) but this volume takes the cake. Someone (semi)important DIES for crying out loud. It's mostly "off-screen", but still. Grim.
I liked this volume, but it felt like a lot of build-up. It mostly consists of the Bone cousins, Thorn and Gran'ma Ben making their way to Atheia. Now I'm embarrassed to say this but: I had no idea how the ghost circles actually worked; it confused the hell out of me. Ghost circles are explained briefly in one of the first two volumes, but I forgot how Thorn explained them and they don't really re-explain in this volume. And that whole bit with Thorn and Fone Bone touching and being in that strange golden place?? That confused me too. Was THAT the "real" Valley, or is the ash-covered place they're stuck in the real Valley?? But the better question is: why can't I grasp this? These are for children for crying out loud.
Anyway, despite my confusion this was actually a good volume. A little slower moving to some of the previous ones, but never boring. There's some humour (I especially loved the bit where Smiley doesn't want Fone to see him without his vest on -- the whole issue of clothing with the Bones baffles me, but Smith clearly lampshaded it in that scene), and we get some back-story on Lucius. And Bartleby's back!!! I was so happy about that. He can talk now, which was kind of weird, but he's as cute as ever.
Final Verdict: This volume of the Bone series manages to be the grimmest one yet. Even with all the Bad Times happening though, Smith still manages to infuse some of his awesome humour, along with a good story. I was confused about how some things worked in this volume (most notably the ghost circles), and the plot was a little slower moving this time around, but it was never boring either. I'm excited for the last two volumes of this series.
addie_grace's review against another edition
5.0
It had me on the edge of my seat the whip time and at one point while I was in my ELA class I let out a snicker and my friend Abby gave me this weird look on her face
f18's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Blood, Gore, and Body horror
positivelyreading's review against another edition
3.0
Another one done!!! “(Bone) One of the top ten best graphic novels of all time”- Time Magazine
morgancward's review against another edition
3.0
I never liked this one as much as a kid but now, it's one of my favorites. The world building and the way that psychosis of the Bones begins to set in is wonderful. However their development seems to come at the behests of Thorns because after the events of Old Man's Cave she just seems to do whatever the plot wants her to and no longer has a character.
pussreboots's review against another edition
4.0
In Ghost Circles by Jeff Smith, the mountain explodes spreading ash across the valley and leaving everything in ruins. Worse yet, ghost circles have begun to appear, taking everything in them somewhere else. Thorn, the Bone cousins and Bartleby have to make their way across this desolation to Atheia, the kingdom Thorn and her grandmother fled years ago.
It seems that readers of the series split over Ghost Circles. They either love the nonstop adventure or hate it. I loved it. I especially loved the brief glimpses into the ghost circles.
The artwork depicting the destruction is fantastic. As it happens, I was reading it during the weeks that Eyjafjallajökull was erupting. I will forever connect the book and the news together.
It seems that readers of the series split over Ghost Circles. They either love the nonstop adventure or hate it. I loved it. I especially loved the brief glimpses into the ghost circles.
The artwork depicting the destruction is fantastic. As it happens, I was reading it during the weeks that Eyjafjallajökull was erupting. I will forever connect the book and the news together.