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Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

19 reviews

caitsamermaid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Protagonists are not good people. The situation sucks, the people suck but have tiny redeeming qualities. You don’t feel glad when the protagonists have a win. Story and plot were ok. I only finished it to see how things ended up, but didn’t feel good about reading any page of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

crimsonash606's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

4.5

A dark, fun read. A great mix of legend and the modern age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

metamorphesque's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

So many thoughts about this one lmao 

• great concept but it wasn't executed/developed to its full potential (aka character development suffers, not enough worldbuilding)
• messed up world and messed up protagonist obvs 
• disturbing, dark, lots of gore, lots of violence and sadistic scenes insert a bajillion TWs
• Nita and I would have so many issues with each other lol She's just an asshole and I absolutely hate the what-the-fuck kind of choices she makes, they don't add to her character, she highkey failed Critical Thinking 101
•  also also aLSO the only reason I rate this one higher compared to the other ones is that this one actually has some fucking plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

More TWs: dissections, dismemberment, emotionally abusive mum ofc and ugh major mutilation

k8_13_m's review

dark sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Cursing and Drug use

tanpopo's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

gracie_gray's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury

ccryptid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, and Stalking

brandilovesbooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Be warned,  the ending is a cliffhanger.  

Nita dissects unnaturals.  She focuses on her task and not how the bodies got to her take.   When she is brought a live boy, she has a case of  Morals.  

After helping the boy escape,  Nita finds herself a prisoner.  She is about to have her body parts sold to the highest bidder. 

Nita learns that she is willing to cross many lines in the fight to get her freedom.   Exactly what separates a monster from a good person.

Not Even Bones is a fanatic read.   It is rather gory,  so not recommended for the squeemish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

lecta's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

i hadn't heard about this book before going into it but it was really good. I loved the characters and the world. It wasn't really disturbing to me but i have read other people's comments so i would suggest looking up the trigger warnings if you're interested. To be honest it's not really a speacial book like the writing and the world-building was pretty simple but it was fun to read and it kept me hooked, the story was interesting. Also that cliffhanger in the end, looking forward to the second book  :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

r3ader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment