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A review by cooperca
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
4.0
I haven't read a lot of YA horror fantasy fiction but Rebecca Schaeffer's Not Even Bones was an enlightening introduction. Although I didn't find any of the characters relatable or even likable, I did find their journey interesting enough that I wanted to go along with them to see how life and death issues were resolved.
Nita, the main character, is an unnatural that dissects other unnaturals with glee. It was hard to feel any sympathy for her especially with passages such as:
"Her fingers twitched, reaching for a scalpel that wasn't there. If someone had put a body in front of her and asked her to dissect it, should would still have enjoyed it...She liked cutting people up. She didn't want to stop."
So when she's kidnapped, I have to say I really didn't care if she died or not. As she's the main character in the series, I could see that as a little bit of a problem. And for most of the book, the reader was told over and over and over how much Nita liked to dissect unnaturals. Yes, we get it. I think the story can move on.
Very little was resolved throughout the book and more questions were brought up that may or may not be answered in the next book. For me, I need at least closure of one story. Leaving all the storylines open is rather frustrating.
Overall I really enjoyed the book. These observations were small irritants in the scheme of the overall storyline.
Nita, the main character, is an unnatural that dissects other unnaturals with glee. It was hard to feel any sympathy for her especially with passages such as:
"Her fingers twitched, reaching for a scalpel that wasn't there. If someone had put a body in front of her and asked her to dissect it, should would still have enjoyed it...She liked cutting people up. She didn't want to stop."
So when she's kidnapped, I have to say I really didn't care if she died or not. As she's the main character in the series, I could see that as a little bit of a problem. And for most of the book, the reader was told over and over and over how much Nita liked to dissect unnaturals. Yes, we get it. I think the story can move on.
Very little was resolved throughout the book and more questions were brought up that may or may not be answered in the next book. For me, I need at least closure of one story. Leaving all the storylines open is rather frustrating.
Overall I really enjoyed the book. These observations were small irritants in the scheme of the overall storyline.