A review by bookwyrmknits
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I did not like this book, overall. There are some elements I liked: I like the framing device, where Tea is telling this story to a bard. I liked the way the asha pick clothing based on who they are and what matters to them. I like the way magic is woven into the dances they do. But those things do not make a book. There was not enough plot, not enough character development, not enough motivation for this to work for me. Also, the lack of any sense of time in the middle of the book drove me crazy: there's a big difference between a twelve-year-old (as Tea is when she arrives) and a fifteen-year-old (as she is at the end of the book) but I don't know when she grew up in the middle there, so some of those scenes were really uncomfortable or unrealistic for me.
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