Reviews

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

pzameche's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.75

kaliha_03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

lilymouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Do yourself a favor, read this freaking book. It is absolutely amazing and will suck you in from the first page.

dylanpeace's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

felrenee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

akgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Stalking

laura_hart15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

maggiebryant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

vexyspice's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.0

 I can't exactly give this a rave review but I also can't say that it is absolutely boring. The beginning drags but as more characters are introduced, things seem to liven ever so slightly. I found the abilities of the Asha rather interesting, more so the Bone witches and their abilities. I thought the ability to raise the dead ( humans and animals) to be kind of cool. I was also fascinated by the heartsglass and how that came to be.

The plot is still pretty ho hum but as this is a trilogy I think it is more so to set the lay of the land. Would I earnestly recommend this book? No. But if you need a palate cleanser, its a cool choice. I hope the following books arent as dry. 

m_a_allen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Very descriptive, the authors writing style is amazing, and when I read The Sacrifice by Rin I wanted to pick up more by her. This story was good but unfortunately slow and did a lot of introduction which is expected in a series I guess. I also like that we got little portions of present day Tea at the end of each chapter as she is sharing and taking us through her life of becoming a Dark Asha - Bone Witch, I will give book two a go and hope that it isn't as slow and does not have so much thrown at you at once like the middle portion with so many different character introductions.