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A review by kaitie_reads
When the Bones Sing by Ginny Myers Sain
dark
tense
medium-paced
3.0
๐ชฆ YA Folk Horror
๐ธ Southern Charm
๐ชฆ Misfit FMC
๐ธ Pinch of Romance
๐ชฆ Hauntings and Monsters
I really enjoyed this one, but I also felt like it was lacking a little bit as well.
Dovie is a 17-year-old girl who is a bit of a misfit with a special talent. She can locate people who have died easily because their bones call out and *sing* to her. After an uptick in murders surrounding her small Ozark community - where hikers frequently pass through - this skill definitely comes in handy.
I thought this was really well written. It's a neat concept. The book has a lot of charm and an overall sense of foreboding throughout with its gothic horror roots. I also found it was pretty unpredictable, but I was also able to guess portions of the conclusion early on.
The adults were all idiotic, though, especially the police who waited for the bones to sing for Dovie instead of launching their own investigation. There is a little bit of a love triangle, and I didn't feel it really added anything to the story. The story behind the murders felt very... unhinged and also unbelievable, to be honest. It also felt like Dovie should have been aware of some of the background information in this story before the first page. We kind of just fall directly into her life and story after there have been multiple murders already that she hasn't really questioned.
Pushing aside the logistical issues, it was still fun, and I was captivated throughout. It was a binge-able story. The scene setting, characters, and concepts were phenomenal, but the plot execution held the story back for me.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ด ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ฐ๐พ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด. ๐๐ต๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ท.
๐ธ Southern Charm
๐ชฆ Misfit FMC
๐ธ Pinch of Romance
๐ชฆ Hauntings and Monsters
I really enjoyed this one, but I also felt like it was lacking a little bit as well.
Dovie is a 17-year-old girl who is a bit of a misfit with a special talent. She can locate people who have died easily because their bones call out and *sing* to her. After an uptick in murders surrounding her small Ozark community - where hikers frequently pass through - this skill definitely comes in handy.
I thought this was really well written. It's a neat concept. The book has a lot of charm and an overall sense of foreboding throughout with its gothic horror roots. I also found it was pretty unpredictable, but I was also able to guess portions of the conclusion early on.
The adults were all idiotic, though, especially the police who waited for the bones to sing for Dovie instead of launching their own investigation. There is a little bit of a love triangle, and I didn't feel it really added anything to the story. The story behind the murders felt very... unhinged and also unbelievable, to be honest. It also felt like Dovie should have been aware of some of the background information in this story before the first page. We kind of just fall directly into her life and story after there have been multiple murders already that she hasn't really questioned.
Pushing aside the logistical issues, it was still fun, and I was captivated throughout. It was a binge-able story. The scene setting, characters, and concepts were phenomenal, but the plot execution held the story back for me.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ด ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ฐ๐พ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด. ๐๐ต๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ท.