A review by janettedv
The Bone Ship's Wake, by R.J. Barker
5.0
The Bone Ship’s Wake is the final part of the Tide Child Trilogy and it is a brilliant end to what I felt was a great and inventive fantasy trilogy. Joron Twiner has to try and rescue his shipwife, Lucky Meas but he has to contend with treachery on all sides. There are very few people that he can trust and he even doubts them at times. This book returns us to the place where the whole story started but Joron is definitely no longer the same person. Many of the characters from the early part of the saga reappear and issues are resolved. However, R J Barker is not an author who is kind to his characters and none of them escape unscathed.
I love the world of the Tide Child although it is a very dark world where hardship and injustice are the normal state of affairs. We see very few characters who lead an easy life. But despite the hardships, there is still love and friendship. The relationship between Joron and the Gullaime is one of the book’s highlights and I love how the role played by the Gullaime is gradually revealed.
This is definitely the third part of a trilogy and I think that it would be hard to read without having read the first two
Huge thanks to Net Galley and Little Brown Book Group for letting me read an advance copy of this book.
I love the world of the Tide Child although it is a very dark world where hardship and injustice are the normal state of affairs. We see very few characters who lead an easy life. But despite the hardships, there is still love and friendship. The relationship between Joron and the Gullaime is one of the book’s highlights and I love how the role played by the Gullaime is gradually revealed.
This is definitely the third part of a trilogy and I think that it would be hard to read without having read the first two
Huge thanks to Net Galley and Little Brown Book Group for letting me read an advance copy of this book.