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callistag1's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Violence, Chronic illness, Classism, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Animal death
Minor: Child abuse
egurgens's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book is such a wonderful mix of historical fiction and some slight horror. Main character Ryn learns how to navigate the dangerous forest from her father, and takes up his occupation of grave digging when he disappears. When she saves the odd, not-quite-a-noble Ellis, she gains a companion in her adventures with the local Bonehouses, which are beginning to venture out of the forest more and more often. While Ellis looks for his long-lost parents, Ryn looks for the cure to the curse of the Bonehouses (kinda like zombies), so the dead may finally rest and stop attacking wayward travelers.
Over the course of their journey, Ryn and Ellis face a strange village with strange practices, wayward Bonehouses, a lake monster, and they discover some feelings between the two of them. Ryn's unwavering strength and stubbornness appeal to Ellis, while his open heart and friendliness pull Ryn in. They both save each others life several times, which only pulls the two closer together.
A beautiful book of strength, determination to do what is right, and loss all mixed together to create a masterpiece. Features a badass gravedigger, a mapmaker with innate strength and chronic pain, and a stubborn, mostly dead goat.
Over the course of their journey, Ryn and Ellis face a strange village with strange practices, wayward Bonehouses, a lake monster, and they discover some feelings between the two of them. Ryn's unwavering strength and stubbornness appeal to Ellis, while his open heart and friendliness pull Ryn in. They both save each others life several times, which only pulls the two closer together.
A beautiful book of strength, determination to do what is right, and loss all mixed together to create a masterpiece. Features a badass gravedigger, a mapmaker with innate strength and chronic pain, and a stubborn, mostly dead goat.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, and Terminal illness
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