bmcmele 's review for:

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

3.75

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Schwab created another lovely set of stories that burn slowly, and kept the mystery for most of the book, but it ended very abruptly, (understandably.) It was the type of story that could keep going indefinitely, which may be why the end was a bit dissatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War