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A review by omnombailey
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I started in love with this book. The imagery is lush and the lore circulating the witches is stunning and riveting. The back and forth with young!Tea and older!Tea is beautifully jarring, yet fitting.
And that was kind of it.
The first and last 20% had an amazing story. Then it all fell horribly flat in the middle. It was like watching a training montage in a movie, but it lasts over an hour instead of three minutes. Even towards the end, there were new tidbits surfacing about this world and how things work and it's like ok. We get it. And it's truly disappointing, because the book shows immense promise with its worldbuilding, only to have it trip over its feet when conveying any semblance of plot.
I enjoyed the actual characters. I loved Tea enough to stomach a whole book in first person POV. I loved the imagery and the emotions it evoked. Most of the twists were predictable, yet enjoyable (except for that one at the very end that made zero sense and I honestly skimmed through it because it was boring to read). It's just a shame all of this beauty is hollow; it desperately needed a solid plot and there wasn't one.
That said, I still enjoyed reading this and I'm curious to see where the rest of the series goes. Maybe Tea will find an actual, tangible plot line along the way.
And that was kind of it.
The first and last 20% had an amazing story. Then it all fell horribly flat in the middle. It was like watching a training montage in a movie, but it lasts over an hour instead of three minutes. Even towards the end, there were new tidbits surfacing about this world and how things work and it's like ok. We get it. And it's truly disappointing, because the book shows immense promise with its worldbuilding, only to have it trip over its feet when conveying any semblance of plot.
I enjoyed the actual characters. I loved Tea enough to stomach a whole book in first person POV. I loved the imagery and the emotions it evoked. Most of the twists were predictable, yet enjoyable (except for that one at the very end that made zero sense and I honestly skimmed through it because it was boring to read). It's just a shame all of this beauty is hollow; it desperately needed a solid plot and there wasn't one.
That said, I still enjoyed reading this and I'm curious to see where the rest of the series goes. Maybe Tea will find an actual, tangible plot line along the way.