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The Bone Witch
by Rin Chupeco
DNF @ 70%
I'm sad that I'm giving up on this one. It had so much potential, but ultimately I lost patience with it.
Many a reader have reviewed The Bone Witch and commented on the slow pace, world-building, and excessive detailing, and they're all right. This book is SLOW. Something that I didn't mind since I was listening to the audiobook, and I could listen to chapters at a time while driving, or during lunch, or anytime that I had a lull in my busy schedule of late. Plus, I didn't mind the world-building so much since in the beginning, it gave me Memoirs of a Geisha feels and I enjoyed seeing Tea's life during her earlier years.
There was also another perspective: small glimpses of Tea years later when she's a full-fledged bone witch, banished for committing some atrocity. She's raising dead monsters and seems to be on a mission to raise hell upon the world. I was all about that perspective. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. I was patient for as long as I could possibly be, but NOTHING WAS CHANGING IN TEA'S LIFE. I mean, I liked learning about her lessons, the culture, the magic, the different characters. I also thought the writing was smart and thought-provoking. This world has many layers and lessons relevant to our world. But, I would've loved all that with some action thrown in.
I'm disappointed that I can't continue, because I want to see what Tea did and what she will do. I want to see what happens to the asha and how the underlying political tensions play out. I want to know which one of her loves dies. I want to know if that trans girl becomes an asha. I want to know what happens to her brother. I want to know what happens, if anything does happen. But, not enough to read another 30%, and not when for the past 20% I kept thinking about what I was going to read next. There are too many books.
Later, Tea.
I'm sad that I'm giving up on this one. It had so much potential, but ultimately I lost patience with it.
Many a reader have reviewed The Bone Witch and commented on the slow pace, world-building, and excessive detailing, and they're all right. This book is SLOW. Something that I didn't mind since I was listening to the audiobook, and I could listen to chapters at a time while driving, or during lunch, or anytime that I had a lull in my busy schedule of late. Plus, I didn't mind the world-building so much since in the beginning, it gave me Memoirs of a Geisha feels and I enjoyed seeing Tea's life during her earlier years.
There was also another perspective: small glimpses of Tea years later when she's a full-fledged bone witch, banished for committing some atrocity. She's raising dead monsters and seems to be on a mission to raise hell upon the world. I was all about that perspective. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. I was patient for as long as I could possibly be, but NOTHING WAS CHANGING IN TEA'S LIFE. I mean, I liked learning about her lessons, the culture, the magic, the different characters. I also thought the writing was smart and thought-provoking. This world has many layers and lessons relevant to our world. But, I would've loved all that with some action thrown in.
I'm disappointed that I can't continue, because I want to see what Tea did and what she will do. I want to see what happens to the asha and how the underlying political tensions play out. I want to know which one of her loves dies. I want to know if that trans girl becomes an asha. I want to know what happens to her brother. I want to know what happens, if anything does happen. But, not enough to read another 30%, and not when for the past 20% I kept thinking about what I was going to read next. There are too many books.
Later, Tea.