A review by annietaber
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I wanted to like this more than I did ;( I would start vibing with the world building and the plot and then something random or ill-paced or artificial would just totally pull me out of it, whether that be a stupid plot point
(walking into the forest only to be told for the millionth time that there’s a mine field and then just turning around and going back with no value added)
Or an overly cheesy piece of dialogue between two characters that I don’t see why/how they’ve become so close??
I’m looking at you Liss and Julian
Honestly chronically under developed. I thought this would’ve been fixed by her 10 year anniversary edits (especially bc I LOVED her other book), but this just still seems immature. I wanted MORE. It could’ve given me more!!! 
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