A review by billies_not_so_secret_diary
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

dark 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

The first thing I want to say about this book, that even though it is listed as a Young Adult, it isn't. This is graphic, gory, and demented. I would not let my kid read this unless they were over 14. (But then again, look at the video games they play at a much younger age). 

This book is about Nita, a young girl who loves, and I do mean love, to dissect bodies. They are not human per-say, they are supernatural, and she didn't kill them, her mother ‘acquires’ them, and mom enjoys her job. She brings the bodies to Nita to dissect and put the pieces in jars and boxes, and then the parts get sold on the black market. 

Nita's dissection room is her 'quiet' place, the place where she can relax and enjoy the passage of time. As a warning, she walks you through the dissections as she does them, and from her memories. 

It's wrong, it's demented, but I really liked the story! 

It's NOT for kids! 

The story does leave the room and follows Nita when she is kidnapped and taken to the black market she’d cut up bodies for. She, and all of her parts, are now up for sale. 
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