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ohyouread's review against another edition
4.0
I feel like I’m reading synopsis less and less. I have been depending on friends rec’s more and more. So if someone I know says “You’ll love this!” I’m more likely to go in without knowing much about it. Which is the case for Not Even Bones. Plus I really enjoyed the City of Nightmares duology, so I trusted that I would enjoy Rebecca Schaeffer’s first series just as much. And I was right. (I’ve only read book 1, so far)
Nita dissects the bodies of magical beings for her parents to sell on the black market. Her mother is the person who captures and kills the creatures and her father does the selling. And she enjoys what she does… that is until her mother brings home a live boy.
She deals with the body after it’s dead, so having to watch as a kid around her age is dissected while alive is making her grow a conscience. And instead of listening to her mom, she helps the boy escape.
The next thing she knows, they are grabbing as much as they can carry on their back and running. But on the first night, Nita is kidnapped, waking up in the an enclosure in the underbelly of the black market. And there is no one to help her escape but herself.
I loved the characters a lot and can see a progression from this series, which is all about a black market of magical creatures being sold, into her new duology, which is about nightmares turning people into magical creatures. There’s a correlation in the stories and I can see the worlds being alternate universes. They most definitely aren’t the same, but they could be distant cousins.
I’m excited to find out how Nita continues after the epic ending of book 1. She may have gotten out of the cage, but she’s found herself in the middle of the lion’s den. Where are her parents?? Who can she trust?? How will she get out??
Nita dissects the bodies of magical beings for her parents to sell on the black market. Her mother is the person who captures and kills the creatures and her father does the selling. And she enjoys what she does… that is until her mother brings home a live boy.
She deals with the body after it’s dead, so having to watch as a kid around her age is dissected while alive is making her grow a conscience. And instead of listening to her mom, she helps the boy escape.
The next thing she knows, they are grabbing as much as they can carry on their back and running. But on the first night, Nita is kidnapped, waking up in the an enclosure in the underbelly of the black market. And there is no one to help her escape but herself.
I loved the characters a lot and can see a progression from this series, which is all about a black market of magical creatures being sold, into her new duology, which is about nightmares turning people into magical creatures. There’s a correlation in the stories and I can see the worlds being alternate universes. They most definitely aren’t the same, but they could be distant cousins.
I’m excited to find out how Nita continues after the epic ending of book 1. She may have gotten out of the cage, but she’s found herself in the middle of the lion’s den. Where are her parents?? Who can she trust?? How will she get out??
danagraph's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Me gustó, me gustó más al principio que al final. En algún momento se volvió tedioso y empecé a leerlo como obligación pero es un buen libro. Como argentina, ver esas pequeñeces que tiene sobre nuestro gran país se sintió bonito. Se nota que la autora y su equipo de editores y lectores beta hicieron un gran trabajo, porque debió ser difícil poner todas esos pequeños detalles que tiene sudamérica. Ah y también la representación de otros países, eso también fue interesante. Fue un libro oscuro pero refrescante a la vez.
El final me dejó un poquito expectante, pero quizás el año que viene será.
Me gustó, me gustó más al principio que al final. En algún momento se volvió tedioso y empecé a leerlo como obligación pero es un buen libro. Como argentina, ver esas pequeñeces que tiene sobre nuestro gran país se sintió bonito. Se nota que la autora y su equipo de editores y lectores beta hicieron un gran trabajo, porque debió ser difícil poner todas esos pequeños detalles que tiene sudamérica. Ah y también la representación de otros países, eso también fue interesante. Fue un libro oscuro pero refrescante a la vez.
El final me dejó un poquito expectante, pero quizás el año que viene será.
oreosfitme's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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
5.0
chezzreads's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
sberatelkaknih's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
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
3.5
airiel's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
librarianwho's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
cooperca's review against another edition
4.0
I haven't read a lot of YA horror fantasy fiction but Rebecca Schaeffer's Not Even Bones was an enlightening introduction. Although I didn't find any of the characters relatable or even likable, I did find their journey interesting enough that I wanted to go along with them to see how life and death issues were resolved.
Nita, the main character, is an unnatural that dissects other unnaturals with glee. It was hard to feel any sympathy for her especially with passages such as:
"Her fingers twitched, reaching for a scalpel that wasn't there. If someone had put a body in front of her and asked her to dissect it, should would still have enjoyed it...She liked cutting people up. She didn't want to stop."
So when she's kidnapped, I have to say I really didn't care if she died or not. As she's the main character in the series, I could see that as a little bit of a problem. And for most of the book, the reader was told over and over and over how much Nita liked to dissect unnaturals. Yes, we get it. I think the story can move on.
Very little was resolved throughout the book and more questions were brought up that may or may not be answered in the next book. For me, I need at least closure of one story. Leaving all the storylines open is rather frustrating.
Overall I really enjoyed the book. These observations were small irritants in the scheme of the overall storyline.
Nita, the main character, is an unnatural that dissects other unnaturals with glee. It was hard to feel any sympathy for her especially with passages such as:
"Her fingers twitched, reaching for a scalpel that wasn't there. If someone had put a body in front of her and asked her to dissect it, should would still have enjoyed it...She liked cutting people up. She didn't want to stop."
So when she's kidnapped, I have to say I really didn't care if she died or not. As she's the main character in the series, I could see that as a little bit of a problem. And for most of the book, the reader was told over and over and over how much Nita liked to dissect unnaturals. Yes, we get it. I think the story can move on.
Very little was resolved throughout the book and more questions were brought up that may or may not be answered in the next book. For me, I need at least closure of one story. Leaving all the storylines open is rather frustrating.
Overall I really enjoyed the book. These observations were small irritants in the scheme of the overall storyline.
hannahthefruit's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
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
5.0