A review by frasersimons
Bone: Full Color One Volume Edition by Jeff Smith

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

3.5

While it does get epic and the elements of craft undoubtedly improve. There are a couple fun twists and the first quarter in particular has a nice progression, when it becomes epic fantasy, it also becomes far more predictable and plodding. None of the characters really have any meaningful arcs, the only progression is in the overall plot, which has lots of goofy antics. Nor are the bone people ever really explained or situated in the story as a whole to make the constant tonal shifts worthwhile. It felt a lot like the author was just winging it from each book to the next, to me.