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The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco

14 reviews

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm and Sexual content

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, 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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

lakinglaze's review against another edition

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! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Transphobia, Murder, and War