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A review by hex_its_jaff
Bones by K.L. Speer
4.0
I liked this one a lot. It’s not exactly my typical genre and while I’m still gonna classify it as horror because many of the events are suitably horrific and gorey. Like the 1999 classic the mummy at the hart of this one is a love story that’s just as pleasant. The world building is fun especially in the first two thirds of the book. post apocalyptic but far removed and yet so reminiscent of our current world.
The last maybe 15% was such an unexpected heartbreaking and welcome twist and definitely a big part in the high ranking so if your unsure it’s a definite stick it out book for me though tbh I was already enjoying it until that point. The crescendo is ballsy and memorable for SURE.
I do whist that the cast had been cut down maybe one third. I felt like there were so many characters introduced in rapid fire that they didn’t truly get a chance to breath, this is especially true with the female characters. They all either suck (not as characters just as people) are children or don’t get much action in the actual story, most of the time being talked about by men as opposed to doing the taking. Madame is a great villain but I wish bones could have forged a close female friendship with someone her age (or older or even with sky) however we have two more books to go and if this changes as a set up I don’t mind it so much.
Not only will I be reading the next books I will be buying them as well!
Recommend for fans of the early world building in Stephen kings the dark tower and shameless fan fiction written by people with unbridled delight in their work.
The last maybe 15% was such an unexpected heartbreaking and welcome twist and definitely a big part in the high ranking so if your unsure it’s a definite stick it out book for me though tbh I was already enjoying it until that point. The crescendo is ballsy and memorable for SURE.
I do whist that the cast had been cut down maybe one third. I felt like there were so many characters introduced in rapid fire that they didn’t truly get a chance to breath, this is especially true with the female characters. They all either suck (not as characters just as people) are children or don’t get much action in the actual story, most of the time being talked about by men as opposed to doing the taking. Madame is a great villain but I wish bones could have forged a close female friendship with someone her age (or older or even with sky) however we have two more books to go and if this changes as a set up I don’t mind it so much.
Not only will I be reading the next books I will be buying them as well!
Recommend for fans of the early world building in Stephen kings the dark tower and shameless fan fiction written by people with unbridled delight in their work.