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A review by tpia
The Bone Way by Holly J. Underhill
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Nyx Publishing for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review
First of all, this cover? Badass sapphics holding daggers and looking like they're going to kill you if you look at their wife funny? I am here for it.
You can read a more detailed review over on my blog
The story is supposed to be (or at least that is what the reviews on here made me believe) a re-telling of Eurydice and Orpheus, however, it did not feel like it. I suppose it is more of an imagining of the Greek Myth or more of the myth's formula put into a different setting. I saw another reviewer talking about how this novella could be translated into a Ghibli film and after reading it I could not agree more.
It is a quite quick read--it is a novella after all--and it is simplistic. I really liked the "I love my wife with every fibre of my body" trope this piece exudes. However, I did not really feel any emotional connection with the characters (which is odd because I always get attached way too much to fictional characters) and I was not the biggest fan of how the ending was so quickly resolved.
~ 3 stars
First of all, this cover? Badass sapphics holding daggers and looking like they're going to kill you if you look at their wife funny? I am here for it.
You can read a more detailed review over on my blog
The story is supposed to be (or at least that is what the reviews on here made me believe) a re-telling of Eurydice and Orpheus, however, it did not feel like it. I suppose it is more of an imagining of the Greek Myth or more of the myth's formula put into a different setting. I saw another reviewer talking about how this novella could be translated into a Ghibli film and after reading it I could not agree more.
It is a quite quick read--it is a novella after all--and it is simplistic. I really liked the "I love my wife with every fibre of my body" trope this piece exudes. However, I did not really feel any emotional connection with the characters (which is odd because I always get attached way too much to fictional characters) and I was not the biggest fan of how the ending was so quickly resolved.
~ 3 stars