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A review by ericwelch
The Bone Field by Simon Kernick
3.0
I remember reading a different Simon Kernick several years ago and noted I would read more of his writing. For whatever reason I got distracted with other books (happens a lot) and never did. Until now.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It's well written, has interesting characters, but leaves you completely hanging at the end. It's clearly the first in a series that intends to drag you to the store (Kindle or otherwise) to buy the following volumes. I don't like that. If you enjoy driving up to the edge of a precipice wondering whether to hit the gas or brake, be my guest.
Some other reviewers have remarked that the first half is better than the second. I concur. It should probably be called the Killing Field rather than Bone Field and it becomes the antithesis of subtlety. Whatever happened to the banality of evil, why must the bad guys be the embodiment of Satan. It's the ordinariness of evil that's really scary. This just becomes a bit unbelievable.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It's well written, has interesting characters, but leaves you completely hanging at the end. It's clearly the first in a series that intends to drag you to the store (Kindle or otherwise) to buy the following volumes. I don't like that. If you enjoy driving up to the edge of a precipice wondering whether to hit the gas or brake, be my guest.
Some other reviewers have remarked that the first half is better than the second. I concur. It should probably be called the Killing Field rather than Bone Field and it becomes the antithesis of subtlety. Whatever happened to the banality of evil, why must the bad guys be the embodiment of Satan. It's the ordinariness of evil that's really scary. This just becomes a bit unbelievable.