Reviews

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

the_book_bear's review against another edition

3.5

Meh. Not bad, but I won't be continuing the series.  

kokechii's review against another edition

3.0

Struggled a bit with this one and felt myself pushing through it at times. There is just so much information, information and information... But it serves very well to introduce us to the world, to build it up and the story and the characters. So many things are easier to connect in the sequels because this book took time to set it up.

whosyoujg's review against another edition

3.0

amazing world building. second half way slower. didn’t find out enough about the “future” story line with the bard (leaves with a kinda lame cliff hanger that will make me read the next one so I can know what happens and that’s it). read as audiobook!

average222's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

emcantey's review

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

2.75

cbharpy's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kel5190's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

seashelfs's review against another edition

4.0

This is the first book of The Bone Witch trilogy. It follows Tea, who find out she has the power of the dark after she accidentally raised her brother from the dead, and the events that transpired to make her the powerful asha she is now.

I love the concept of the book where its Tea narrating her story to a bard. We get to watch Tea, naive and innocent, try to learn and control her powers and its responsibilities then jumps back to present day Tea - grieving, powerful and dangerous . And we're left wondering what happened in between.

The world building is excellent. I felt fully immersed with the magic system and the word politics. The plot twist in this book really caught me by surprise. I still get goosebumps reading the last page.

jull1980's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

letsbebookfriends's review against another edition

3.0

* 3.5 stars*

While I loved the plot and non-linear storyline, this novel fell flat for me. I liked the world-building and the Asian mythology, but I could have done without the characters info-dumping about the different kingdoms and cultures.

Furthermore, I was distracted by the overwhelming number of secondary characters, and the slow pacing in the middle of the novel almost made me set this down a few times.

Overall, I thought it was enjoyable and I may continue on with the series, but it's not high on my list.