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alicelalicon's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and War
kathrynleereads's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Rin Chupeco did not disappoint with The Shadowglass, the final installment in The Bone Witch trilogy.
Without going into too much detail, every big question I had following the end of The Heart Forger was answered, and every one of Tea’s questionable decisions during the Bard’s chapters was explained.
With all the open plot and character holes going into The Shadowglass, I thought there were just too many loose ends for me to be really satisfied with only one more book, but somehow Chupeco managed it.
I can’t praise Rin Chupeco enough for the intricate web she laid out with the inclusion of the Bard’s chapters in the future.
Because of these chapters, the revelation of the Traitor within the midst of the asha didn’t come until the very end of the book, when it just made everything click together.
I sang my praises for the wonderful characters in this series in my reviews for both The Bone Witch and The Heart Forger, and my love for each of them has only grown since then (with one exception - IYKYK).
Tea’s growth from the frightened little girl at the beginning of The Bone Witch to the frightening young woman at the end of the series is astounding.
I cannot recommend this series enough. Although the first book is a little slow, The Bone Witch trilogy is now a top-five favorite of mine and I’m looking forward to rereading this series for years to come.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, War, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
I LOVED this series. Each book was so well done. I loved the world, I enjoyed all the characters, and I even liked the ending. I was nervous that the ending would be unfulfilling, but it was kind of perfect. I will def be reading more from this author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
its_van_vulpen's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Definitely the best of the series
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Grief, War, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture
annepearcereads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This whole series was easy to get lost in. It was very well written and a great storyline with lots of twists and turns. I did not see the final twist coming, and I normally do.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, and War
Minor: Homophobia
scarlett_f's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Alcohol and Mental illness
amre23's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Murder, Blood, Suicide attempt, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Misogyny, and Death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Genocide, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Child abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Torture, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Toxic friendship
lakinglaze's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was such an incredible ending to this series. The Bone Witch series is honestly now one of my most favourite set of books. What a triumph. I was not ready to leave this world and I don’t think I’ll ever really leave it and it’ll just live rent free in my mind and heart always!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Animal death, Violence, and War
kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
So the narrative style of this series REALLY wasn’t for me in the first two books, but man was this a satisfying ending. I truly began to care about these characters because their past selves vs present selves finally made sense.
I have never wanted to give a fictional character a Disney channel bullying style swirlie as much as I do Fox Pahlavi. Fuck that guy fr
Overall I don’t know that I’d recommend this series bc the first two books kinda dragged but 5 stars solely for the lovely wrap up of this story. I’d actually love a set of short stories in this universe (without the flashback slog)
My only real critique besides style: the choice to use he/him pronouns in flashbacks for a trans woman character for 2.5 books was … a bit strange. I get that we were watching her discover that being trans was a thing in this universe & come out to her friends when she was comfortable, but it felt crazy realizing I’d pretty much been misgendering her every time I spoke about the last two books. Especially considering most of the series is set up as flashbacks from a future in which she is fully out to the other characters. To my knowledge, you wouldn’t misgender a person in a story from back in high school just bc they used different pronouns back then, so I’m a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing. Feels like the same rules should apply here but idk
I have never wanted to give a fictional character a Disney channel bullying style swirlie as much as I do Fox Pahlavi. Fuck that guy fr
Overall I don’t know that I’d recommend this series bc the first two books kinda dragged but 5 stars solely for the lovely wrap up of this story. I’d actually love a set of short stories in this universe (without the flashback slog)
My only real critique besides style: the choice to use he/him pronouns in flashbacks for a trans woman character for 2.5 books was … a bit strange. I get that we were watching her discover that being trans was a thing in this universe & come out to her friends when she was comfortable, but it felt crazy realizing I’d pretty much been misgendering her every time I spoke about the last two books. Especially considering most of the series is set up as flashbacks from a future in which she is fully out to the other characters. To my knowledge, you wouldn’t misgender a person in a story from back in high school just bc they used different pronouns back then, so I’m a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing. Feels like the same rules should apply here but idk
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, War, and Transphobia
jupiterlee's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
My heart cannot handle some of the details in the books, but my heart is full and it was a lovely ending to the trilogy, but it did break me at times.
My previous 'issues' still hold true in this book especially with how prevalent the deava where in this one and the role they played.
However, ignoring that, watching Tea's story has been a rollercoaster and I believe the ending was justified and beautiful ending to the story. Tea and Kalen's romance is one that deserved the world, and I could read more and more about them, and Kalen is certainly an individual that stood by Tea from the very beginning even when we couldn't decide if she was the villain or not.
There was again beautiful LGBTQIA+ representation. Likh is originally a male character that informs his friends he feels he is in the wrong body, and the rest of the story Likh is referred to as she. However, I would have loved Likh to be happy in her born gender and for Rin to have explored a male character being in touch with their feminine side (I hope that is worded correctly!), but it was lovely how easily the transition was accepted by her friends, but the issues with the higher ups is highlighted without it bringing the mood of the book down.
Rin really did an amazing job of developing this world through out and you were constantly tossing about what side you were on and you were constantly learning new things that made you even more unsure of who you should be routing for. There was some twists that kept me fully engaged. And I can honestly say that my heartglass would have broken on the beach with Tea at a specific point, because the poor girl had already been through enough.
I did love how the relationship between Fox and Tea. I believe that it was a true representation of how a brother sister relationship is, especially with what they were put through and but in the end they were always there for one another and my heart ached for Fox when he said one line....
I really do think this series deserves more hype, in the terms of fanfictions, fan art, fart drawings etc because it was truly a unique trilogy and I hope that in the future it will be one of the lucky novels that gets developed into a series (I feel series are better than movies for some things and there would just be too much to fit into a movie)
My previous 'issues' still hold true in this book especially with how prevalent the deava where in this one and the role they played.
However, ignoring that, watching Tea's story has been a rollercoaster and I believe the ending was justified and beautiful ending to the story. Tea and Kalen's romance is one that deserved the world, and I could read more and more about them, and Kalen is certainly an individual that stood by Tea from the very beginning even when we couldn't decide if she was the villain or not.
There was again beautiful LGBTQIA+ representation. Likh is originally a male character that informs his friends he feels he is in the wrong body, and the rest of the story Likh is referred to as she. However, I would have loved Likh to be happy in her born gender and for Rin to have explored a male character being in touch with their feminine side (I hope that is worded correctly!), but it was lovely how easily the transition was accepted by her friends, but the issues with the higher ups is highlighted without it bringing the mood of the book down.
Rin really did an amazing job of developing this world through out and you were constantly tossing about what side you were on and you were constantly learning new things that made you even more unsure of who you should be routing for. There was some twists that kept me fully engaged. And I can honestly say that my heartglass would have broken on the beach with Tea at a specific point, because the poor girl had already been through enough.
I did love how the relationship between Fox and Tea. I believe that it was a true representation of how a brother sister relationship is, especially with what they were put through and but in the end they were always there for one another and my heart ached for Fox when he said one line....
I really do think this series deserves more hype, in the terms of fanfictions, fan art, fart drawings etc because it was truly a unique trilogy and I hope that in the future it will be one of the lucky novels that gets developed into a series (I feel series are better than movies for some things and there would just be too much to fit into a movie)
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Death