incorporealbard 's review for:

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

3.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A centuries-long, multi-perspective narrative is a hard needle the thread and I think, unfortunately, this just missed for me. The first act of the book is rich in character building and compelling storytelling. But by the last third I felt like I knew where everything was heading (I did) and I was reading mostly to get it done. I really enjoyed each of the three women's perspectives and wish that structure had continued through the whole book.

Discovering that Charlotte's chapters were essentially her relaying her story to Alice felt like it broke the structure of the storytelling in a way that didn't work for me.

Still a fun read, toxic lesbian vampires will always be worth my time, but didn't end up living up to expectations based on the start of the book.