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A review by plusrich
California Bones by Greg Van Eekhout
4.0
3.5 stars.
Woo! Finished just before the library checkout expired. Was considering putting my device into airplane mode to see if I could hang onto it a little longer but didn't need to as there was an excerpt from the next book in the series hiding in the Acknowledgements.
This was good, but... Portions of the caper were dull. The triumph seemed to easy when it came. The main character was not fully invested with agency. Things happened to him more than he made purposeful choices and that makes for a less satisfying arc.
And despite that and the gruesomeness, I enjoyed the trip.
Woo! Finished just before the library checkout expired. Was considering putting my device into airplane mode to see if I could hang onto it a little longer but didn't need to as there was an excerpt from the next book in the series hiding in the Acknowledgements.
This was good, but... Portions of the caper were dull. The triumph seemed to easy when it came. The main character was not fully invested with agency. Things happened to him more than he made purposeful choices and that makes for a less satisfying arc.
And despite that and the gruesomeness, I enjoyed the trip.