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A review by tired_cicada
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I did not think that I was going to like this book. Not for one second did I think that I was going to like this book. I picked it up because it was the only thing available at the time and I can't even tell you in proper words how good this book was! If you liked the non-linear storytelling approach that we got in The Witcher then this is definitely a book for you! Because it begins at the end of the story! You know that terrible things are going to happen you just don't know exactly how we got from point A to point B.
There is so much dark energy happening but it's done in such a way that it's still very fun and it's even more so funny. There's so much humor in the book, and it just adds itself so much to the narrative. Fox leaves me in stitches almost every time he's on page. The man is the funniest dead person that you're ever going to meet and I love him.
Watching Tea grow into an accomplished asha is so satisfying, you feel like you're going here with her. And the twist at the end actually had me surprised. I thought I knew what was going on and then I found out that all of these little bread crumbs had been leading me in the exact wrong direction intentionally. That bait and switch had me shook! In hindsight I should have seen it coming, all of the signs were there I just didn't catch them fast enough! (Also a couple of them were not there and we find out why later, and normally that upsets me but it was done well enough here that I was okay with it, I know that probably didn't make sense to anyone other than myself but these reviews are really for me and they're just like a book journal thing so deal with it)
I spent the entire book begging and hoping and pleading that her love interest was not going to be the prince. That the boy buried in the grave at her campsite was not going to be the prince, but was instead going to be the golden retriever angry boy captain that I love so much! Because I have a type, sue me. I was in the middle of my art class when it got confirmed which boy was the end game boy and I had to leave the classroom and do a lap because I was so excited.... Which is extremely funny given that in the very start of the book we get told that the boy that she loves is dead so me being excited about that was... There's a lot to unpack there I'm aware... Anyway
It was such a fun read, and I love everything about the story so much! I look so forward to seeing more from this and seeing how the characters are going to change and what they're going to do now that she has all of the things in her arsenal to do what she promised to do.
There is so much dark energy happening but it's done in such a way that it's still very fun and it's even more so funny. There's so much humor in the book, and it just adds itself so much to the narrative. Fox leaves me in stitches almost every time he's on page. The man is the funniest dead person that you're ever going to meet and I love him.
Watching Tea grow into an accomplished asha is so satisfying, you feel like you're going here with her. And the twist at the end actually had me surprised. I thought I knew what was going on and then I found out that all of these little bread crumbs had been leading me in the exact wrong direction intentionally. That bait and switch had me shook! In hindsight I should have seen it coming, all of the signs were there I just didn't catch them fast enough! (Also a couple of them were not there and we find out why later, and normally that upsets me but it was done well enough here that I was okay with it, I know that probably didn't make sense to anyone other than myself but these reviews are really for me and they're just like a book journal thing so deal with it)
It was such a fun read, and I love everything about the story so much! I look so forward to seeing more from this and seeing how the characters are going to change and what they're going to do now that she has all of the things in her arsenal to do what she promised to do.