A review by rintare
Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
This felt like a book by a beginner writer who had never heard of "show, don't tell". The first few chapters are absolutely filled with clumsy exposition of facts that should ideally emerge organically during the course of the story. The Musiks and apprentices, the ban on magic, the papers, how much Sofi wants to be a Musik... everything was explained as though the author just didn't trust her readers to be able to figure anything out without having it spelled out explicitly. The characters were one-dimensional and completely lacked charm, at least at the point in the book where I decided to stop reading. All told, I'm pretty sure this is just not the book for me.
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