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The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing. It is raining the day her life chan The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall.
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Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing.
It is raining the day her life changes for ever. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford – a city kept secret for two hundred years, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race.
Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. He is her master. Her natural enemy. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die. The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine and also introduces an extraordinary young writer, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination.
Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut. This answer contains spoilers I thought there were several hints along the way that indicated there could/would be something going on between them beyond the mentoring I thought there were several hints along the way that indicated there could/would be something going on between them beyond the mentoring relationship. Another character observed that Warden was generally considered to be good-looking for a Rephaim (which kind of also explains why he was blood-consort even after betraying Nashira previously.), Nashira's suspicion at smelling the human on his sheets, questions about flesh crimes, and the water/oil/fire discussion between Paige and Warden all hinted at this possibility. But the real clincher was during the memory flashback to Nick's confession/rejection - the aspects of love that Nick and Paige discussed perfectly described the relationship forming between Paige and Warden. I really, really wanted to like this book. It sounds stupid but I actually feel slightly guilty at how disappointed I was with it and I think the main reason is because the author is a British student of the same age as me and, as soon as I learned that, I really wanted her to succeed.
I really wanted Shannon to be the next J.K.Rowling, as some are calling her. I really wanted her debut to take me out of this world and leave me desperate to get my hands on the next installment. However, I just I really, really wanted to like this book. It sounds stupid but I actually feel slightly guilty at how disappointed I was with it and I think the main reason is because the author is a British student of the same age as me and, as soon as I learned that, I really wanted her to succeed. I really wanted Shannon to be the next J.K.Rowling, as some are calling her. I really wanted her debut to take me out of this world and leave me desperate to get my hands on the next installment. However, I just didn't think was anything special or original.
In my opinion, it shows definite potential for Shannon's future as a writer but the story is a regurgitated version of one that has been told countless times. Is a story I feel like I've read before in various other fantasy-lite novels - the one that first came to mind being. The author takes this familiar story and, basically, complicates it. She stirs it in a pot with a bunch of new names for old things ('voyants' for those with clairvoyance, amongst other new terms), slang that left my head spinning even though myself and the author are British (I ended up having to consult my Welsh friend), and world-building that sounds unique and complex because of the fancy terms floating around. But really isn't. What this is, for me, is an example of taking light, easily digestible fantasy fiction that is filled with uncomplicated excitement and romance, and turning it into something long-winded and overly descriptive just so you can attempt to call it original. There are apparently seven books in this series and I'm betting only three or four will really be needed.
This first book felt soooo long because it was so fleshed out with lengthy descriptions and seemingly pointless information. Plus, there is so much tell and so little show. Particularly in the beginning it felt almost as if the protagonist (Paige) was reading me a textbook on the world, people's abilities and Floxy (flavoured oxygen).
Huge chunks of this novel are dedicated to info-dumping and the execution of these sections feels really awkward, like a movie cutting off in the middle to bring up a page of text that gives you some background information. It wasn't smoothly incorporated into the story. The plot follows Paige who is a dreamwalker in the year 2059. Paige, and other types of clairvoyants, commit a crime just by existing. When Paige accidentally uses her abilities and kills someone, she is sent to a voyant prison which is controlled by creatures called Rephaim who want to use the voyants abilities for their own gain. She is assigned to a keeper called simply 'Warden', a mysterious and dangerous dude who stares at her from the day she arrives (guess what happens, go on, guess). I feel myself once again comparing this to and the way Alina's powers are discovered by the Grisha and she is forced into their world and taught to harness her powers.
The glowering looks and sexiness of the Darkling are also present here but his name is Warden instead. Isn't terrible but I find it very surprising that words like 'original' are being thrown around when it feels like this story and these characters are recycled versions straight out of many other paranormal novels. This book, in my opinion, is simply a glorified, overcomplicated retelling of any other light, fluffy fantasy.
But the descriptions, info-dumping and general wordiness do not make this a deeper and more meaningful read, but rather they made the book dull and tiresome for me. As much as I wanted to like it, it was incredibly easy to find distractions and every time it was a struggle to come back to it. The romance goes down a predictable route, as does most of the book.
I feel bad for saying it, but this just wasn't for me at all and I doubt I will read the rest of the series. Notes on the slang Paraffin is Kerosene (paraffin lamp, paraffin stove, etc.) Cokum - Google will probably be useless to you on this one. It means cunning/shrewd. Actual rating: 3.5 stars The Bone Season is easily the most hyped book of 2013, surpassing even the conclusion of the Divergent series, Allegiant.
As the first in a seven book series, it's already been optioned for a movie and did appear on the New York Times Bestsellers list its debut week. But when I heard the magical words 'the next J.K. Rowling' my interest, along with many, was instantly piqued due to my severe lack of will-power. But like any book surrounded by a massive amount of hype, the Actual rating: 3.5 stars The Bone Season is easily the most hyped book of 2013, surpassing even the conclusion of the Divergent series, Allegiant. As the first in a seven book series, it's already been optioned for a movie and did appear on the New York Times Bestsellers list its debut week. But when I heard the magical words 'the next J.K. Rowling' my interest, along with many, was instantly piqued due to my severe lack of will-power.
But like any book surrounded by a massive amount of hype, there's concern that it won't live up to it. And, in my opinion, The Bone Season both did and did not, leaving me very conflicted at its conclusion. For every one thing I loved about it, the yin wasn't far behind. It's clear that The Bone Season's strength lies with the world building. As frustrating as it is fascinating, London 2059, under Scion rule, was one imaginative place that kept me in a state of awe over such creativity of all the intricate layers to Paige's world. In fact, it's so imaginative and complex that the first few chapters show the novel's biggest flaw: info-dumping.
(Though, this didn't bother me too much in my reading experience, I can see it being an issue for others who may have less patience. My advice to anyone who struggles with the beginning is to power through because the ending does not disappoint.) Learning the workings of the underground crime syndicate, remembering the order of clairvoyance and their abilities, understanding what Paige herself can actually do as a dreamwalker, a rare type of clairvoyance, is a lot to take in, and doesn't really get easier as the novel goes on. That coupled with the novel's slang and the constant addition of other explanations, was enough to make my head spin. But there is more, of course, when Paige is captured, adding another layer of complexity and another set of rules the reader has to learn. All within the first 40% of the book. Then, there's a chart of the order of clairvoyance, a map of London, a map of Oxford, a glossary for the slang, fancy words I don't use and bloody Roman Numerals!
Suffice to say, reading The Bone Season is not for the faint of heart and, at times, was a bit of a chore to keep up with. Do not get me wrong, this is not necessarily bad thing at all.
It's not everyday I read a book with the level of depth as, Star Wars, Harry Potter or possibly even, Lord of the Rings. Shannon's imagination was definitely working overtime with The Bone Season. But unlike the aforementioned works, I'm not sure it possesses the same level of fines to tie it all together. It holds enough intrigue to keep you reading and 'your wheels a'turnin',' because even when I wasn't reading, I was thinking about the book and what would happen next (and even after finishing it, I'm still thinking about the ending!).
That's not something I can say for most books. One thing I did really love were the characters. Paige was the perfect kind of heroine for me, neither badass nor weak, leaving her with room to grow as a character, but not possessing a few of the more annoying traits of other main characters. She's smart, but still makes a few careless mistakes, giving her a more realistic feel. She's someone I could sympathize with and understand. I also think the members of the Seven Seals, Paige's gang, were very well-developed. Though, they don't have larger roles in the novel until the end, through Paige's dreams we learn about each of their personalities and whims.
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Unfortunately, I didn't quite feel that way about Warden, a big player in The Bone Season and Paige's Keeper at Oxford. Throughout most of the novel, Paige attempts to figure out Warden's secrets and plans, but even at the conclusion, I don't feel like a have a firm grasp on his motives. The plot was slowly paced and may frustrate some readers, but I found it worked well in this situation and helped build the anticipation for the growing rebellion at the ending. My only qualm is that the book reads long (at 480 pages, with smaller print and long pages, I guess that explains it). And with so many things happening and so many new things being thrown at the reader constantly, you really have to pay attention to everything.
This may seem like a lot of work to read a book, but it does suck you in fairly quickly and is so very addictive. I didn't like being away from this book for long and was always hungry for the next chapter. It was also never boring despite the slower pace, and by the end, it's pretty much non-stop action. The amount of detail and care that went into arranging everything was evident and impressed me. And the ending. It was pretty damn brilliant and the best part of the novel. When Shannon hit her stride, things definitely came together nicely.
I do have three personal issues, which I'll hide in spoiler brackets are below, but just know that it never really detracted from my reading experience. I'm not really sure how I feel about the romance in The Bone Season. This book already had a lot going on that I feel it was unnecessary. Not to mention, its believability.
I couldn't suspend belief long enough to accept that two characters, who didn't trust each other (one of which hated the other for about 75% of the book), could then have all these strong feelings for one another out of nowhere. It was apparent that this was supposed to be building, but I never really got a good sense of that, especially since one of the characters' personality consisted of him being devoid of emotion. So much time was spent on explaining the world and the rebellion plans and not on the couple's growing feelings, that it didn't feel organic. Instead, it felt as if it just manifested to add an extra layer of complexity, something that this novel did not require. I waited until the end of the novel, hoping my one biggest question would be answered and it never was.
Why in the world did Nashira keep the Scarred Ones alive after the first rebellion? What was the purpose in that? And more importantly, why give one of them the important role of Blood-Consort? I really hope this is addressed in the next novel because it bothered me to no end. Or perhaps this was explained and I simply missed it.
Paige always seemed to be shivering. I don't know why this bothered me, but I really wanted to buy the girl sweater. I hope she finds one in book 2. To conclude, The Bone Season is a very imaginative novel that will take your brain for one hell of a joy ride.
If you've been searching for book with more complex world building and plot, this may be it. I can see this being enjoyed by YA lovers and Adult readers alike with its strong paranormal-fantasy-dystopian roots. Despite my reservations, I can safely say I'll be checking out the next book because this has the potential to be one serious kickass series. And with the high stakes ending The Bone Season had, I look forward to seeing where Shannon will take this story over the course of the next six books. Disclaimers: ARC was provided by the publisher for an honest review. I have also met this author and think she's a lovely person.
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❝Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.❞ Wellllll. This one is a bit tough to rate and review. It was a great book BUT it definitely had its 'huh???'
Let me start off by saying that this world is DENSE. I cannot put a finger on this worldbuilding. It's like I get it, but I don't.
You read it and you're like WHAT IS GOING ON, but it just flows anyways even with a big question mark floating above your head. It' ❝Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it.
You have to carry it. Always.❞ Wellllll. This one is a bit tough to rate and review. It was a great book BUT it definitely had its 'huh???'
Let me start off by saying that this world is DENSE. I cannot put a finger on this worldbuilding.
It's like I get it, but I don't. You read it and you're like WHAT IS GOING ON, but it just flows anyways even with a big question mark floating above your head. It's really a lot to take in. One look at the reference page in the beginning of the book and you can already see how much of a pain it would be to piece together the worldbuilding and how things worked. Worldbuilding aside, the concepts in this book are also super confusing and hard to grasp.
I have NO idea what a dreamscape is. I don't even really understand what Paige is or does. Along with everybody else's abilities. I know NOTHING. I understand NOTHING. But I'm like, okay. I'll go with it.
I'm just hoping that things would make more sense or explained better in the the second book. Although I was??? About the concepts and worldbuilding, I was still able to enjoy the storyline and how things unfolded. The pacing, overall, is pretty slow. Even at the end when shit starts to go down, I wasn't fully invested in what was going on or blown away sitting at the edge of my seat.
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The story moves slow but it's actually surprisingly interesting. Usually the slow pacing plus confusing worldbuilding would kill the whole thing for me and I'll end up DNFing but the storyline really saved this book. There were a lot of times when I was like HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO GOOD. I don't really have much to say about the book mostly because I'm still reeling and wondering what the heck I just read, and what EVEN was this worldbuilding. But overall, this was a pretty good start to what potentially could be one of my all-time favorite series. I could tell that Samantha Shannon has a lot more up her sleeve for her readers. And considering how this is a seven book series, I'm really curious as to how this story can span that many books.
I mean, I'll almost be 30 by the time this series will be over lol! The Bone Season is a bit slow here and there, and the worldbuilding can be a pain to follow but I think many people will really enjoy this series. Although sometimes the story moves slowly, there was no dull or boring moment. I highly recommend sticking through the tedious, info dumpy first book because I can already see this series greatly improving with the later books!
I've heard good things about The Mime Order, and many have said that it's a MAJOR step up from The Bone Season so I'm really looking forward to that! ALL SPOILERS ARE HIDDEN This book is disgusting. My skin was crawling with revulsion while I read it. The first part - the first three chapters - were already upsetting me.
It's an alternate reality England. 200 years ago, some humans started becoming clairvoyant. It's unclear whether this was triggered by something or if it was something that always existed, hidden from the sight of amaurotics (her word for non-clairvoyants). Paige is a clairvoyant, and clairvoyants are hunted, tortured and kille ALL SPOILERS ARE HIDDEN This book is disgusting. My skin was crawling with revulsion while I read it.
The first part - the first three chapters - were already upsetting me. It's an alternate reality England. 200 years ago, some humans started becoming clairvoyant.
It's unclear whether this was triggered by something or if it was something that always existed, hidden from the sight of amaurotics (her word for non-clairvoyants). Paige is a clairvoyant, and clairvoyants are hunted, tortured and killed. Your only hope of surviving (legally) in society is to give yourself to the government, who uses you to hunt and kill other clairvoyants. Paige is a 'criminal clairvoyant' who works the seedy underground of London or whatever made-up British city this is. It's like a Dickens setting. The whole book has this kind of 'faux-Victorian yet we're in the year 2056' vibe. People call each other stuff like, 'dollymop' and tons of Victorian slang is used.
Street urchins, tons of other stuff from Dickens novels, etc. Shannon has created a whole slew of new words to describe her new world. There is an extensive glossary in the back. Reading this book is a slog.
I only understood about 3/4 of it. Unless you want to be flipping back to the glossary every 8th word, you will have to grin and bear it and hope it starts making more sense as the book goes on. So, I'm already not liking the book (we're only talking about the first three chapters here) because Paige and her 'kind' are in hiding and hunted mercilessly (a la X-Men) because they have supernatural powers. Oh, and it's a really rough, brutal world.
She is working for some guy who is obviously using her ruthlessly for her super-special super-rare power, - he cares nothing for her personally, but she's so valuable to him. Paige, for some cockamamie reason, can't see this - she likes her boss and is very, very loyal to him.
Then, in Chapter 4, she is captured by the police and taken to a secret place (Oxford) where it turns out aliens - well, sort of aliens - have taken over Earth and that's why clairvoyance exists. Clairvoyants are hunted down by human police in order to be recruited as the slaves of these aliens, known as Rephaim. Paige - because she is pretty and also super-rare and special - is signaled out by the tallest, most handsome of all the Rephaim.
And I was like, 'Fuck no. Please don't tell me this is going where I THINK it's going.' But of course it is. NOT that she's sold into sexual slavery - that's not what I mean at all.
Instead, this is one of those books, very popular, in which a young, pretty woman is sold into slavery and ends up FALLING IN LOVE with her master. Disgusting and putrid, I agree.
Let's see: - She is branded. Physically, with an iron. Stripped of her name and given a number. Drugged tons of times because she's trying to escape or she needs to be 'broken' etc. Drugged without her knowledge so that her 'master' can view all her memories as if he's watching a movie - she has NO idea that he's doing this, and once she does it's too late and irreversible. Her friends are occasionally murdered in front of her.
She's almost gangraped. The aliens 'feed' on clairvoyant humans in a way similar to vampirism.
Her master drinks her blood. You know how I feel about blood-drinking - it's disgusting.
He's 200 and she's around 19 or 20. Hate this trope. Let me think.
Tons of stuff. Tons of bad stuff happens to her. And after this - after ALL THIS - she ends up having sexy thoughts and explorations with the 'tall, handsome' alien master who has violated her in so many ways since she got here. Because she 'loves' him. Because he's 'different than the rest of them.' Excuse me while I go vomit in the corner. This doesn't happen 'til very near the end of the novel, but I could see it coming a mile away and the dread was building and solidifying in me with every conversation they had with one another.
And she's supposed to be so strong. 'Oh, she's so strong! And yet she ends up undressing him, and being intimate with a man who OWNS her - not because he's forcing her - but because 'he is just misunderstood - everything he did was for my own good - he's really a good man - blah blah blah'. It's disgusting. It's fucking insulting to me as a woman.
You know who else loves to pull this shit?. She's always having women 'fall in love' with the man who raped them, kidnapped them, or owned them as slaves. This whole line of thinking and plotline repulses me. I hate reading fictional accounts of slavery and human trafficking. It disgusts me. I can read BBCMundo if I want to read about the slavery and trafficking of human beings - it's reality, and it happens every day. It's not what I want in my fiction.
But even that is made so much worse by adding the insult of making Paige - a supposedly strong, fiery 'take-on-the-world' person - fall in 'love' with her master. There is nothing I can say to recommend this. This is a type of book I despise. Even if you stripped away the aspect I was discussing in the spoilers, it still has the problems of being a.) Mary-Sue main character. B.) Brutal and utterly depressing world full of pain, death, torture, slavery, degradation, etc. C.) Tons of weird slang that makes no sense.
D.) A completely made-up, very complex system - actually more than one system - of supernatural stuff that is described in made-up nonsense words and you need a glossary to even get an inkling of what's going on. E.) There's tons of characters - I can't can't keep them straight much less bring myself to care about any of them. Terrible no matter which way you cut it, I'd say. I can't even begin to explain the stuff in this book. You will have to read it or read some other review.
But, I freaking loved it! I don't know, I'm weird that way.
Note: There is a glossary in the back to help with the book. I should probably have studied it but it's all good! Paige gets taken by these people things and is turned into a slave. She gets the better person thing as her master.
His name is Arcturus but he's called Warden. Yeah, he was a slave owner but Um. I can't even begin to explain the stuff in this book. You will have to read it or read some other review. But, I freaking loved it! I don't know, I'm weird that way.
Note: There is a glossary in the back to help with the book. I should probably have studied it but it's all good! Paige gets taken by these people things and is turned into a slave. She gets the better person thing as her master. His name is Arcturus but he's called Warden. Yeah, he was a slave owner but he was something else too.
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Things are not always what they seem. You know, I say that a lot in books. This must be happening in a lot of books I read. It's also because I don't want to let slip a spoiler! Anyhoo, these people that are being captured to be slaves have powers. They are dreamwalkers and all kinds of things.
I can't even explain how many there are and what all the different powers are that they have. They can kill you with their minds or something. I was just along for the ride!
Oh, and there are these things that will eat you if you go into the forest or sometimes they come into the towns or whatever at night and a siren goes off to warn you to get inside. It's crazy peeps. I forgot what they are called but they are like some nasty skinned person thingamabob! I'm going to read the other books in the trilogy so I can get more confused and have lots of fun doing it =D. “This was what my spirit longed to do, to wander in strange lands.
It couldn't stand being trapped in one body all the time. It had wanderlust.” This was the book of the month for July, and while I honestly didn't know what to expect and wasn't feeling particularly enthusiastic about starting this series, I was shocked by how much I loved this book! This was more of a 4.5 star read for me, but I didn't feel good about rounding down for this one. ✘ PLOT In the future, the government h “This was what my spirit longed to do, to wander in strange lands. It couldn't stand being trapped in one body all the time. It had wanderlust.” This was the book of the month for July, and while I honestly didn't know what to expect and wasn't feeling particularly enthusiastic about starting this series, I was shocked by how much I loved this book! This was more of a 4.5 star read for me, but I didn't feel good about rounding down for this one.
✘ PLOT In the future, the government has decided to seek out clairvoyant people and hunt them down, using media propaganda to turn the masses against these people. As a result, clairvoyants who haven't sold their souls to the government must live in hiding, committing crimes to make it. Paige is one such clairvoyant - a particularly rare one called a dreamwalker - and life is hard enough before she is abducted and taken far away, to live as a slave for a race of immortals called the Rephaim, who have orchestrated the entire war on voyants. Can Paige escape in time to save herself? ✘ CHARACTERS Despite Paige sort of falling into the classic YA 'chosen one' trope, she's a really enjoyable narrator.
She develops a lot during the book, and by the end, she has come to this realization that a lot of her pre-Rephaim life was not what she thought it to be (no spoilers, don't worry). She did bug me a couple of times with her relentless sarcasm and cynicism, but it was nothing worth writing home about.
What can I say? I joked with some friends that I was worried I was temporarily trading in my feminist card for how much I loved his character, despite his being portrayed as her 'captor'. I won't spoil the ending, but there's a lot more than meets the eye with this big teddy bear. There are also a handful of really delightful side characters, like Julian, Liss, and Michael, all of which I just wanted to squeeze and hug and keep safe forever. ✘ WRITING/WORLD BUILDING This was my first book by Samantha Shannon, of course, and I was really pleased by the writing in it. It wasn't anything extraordinary, but it definitely did the job for me.
She uses a lot of words that are not ones you would find in everyday speech, but the physical book has a glossary in the back with definitions. I didn't find that I needed it more than three or four times, honestly. The world itself is built pretty efficiently, and since it's a magical realism book, there isn't much to tell that isn't already the reader's basic knowledge (like locations, etc). I enjoyed how in-depth the world of voyants went, with references to a multitude of different varieties (dreamwalkers, soothsayers, oracles, etc).
(Fun fact on the topic: the hadal zone, as referenced in this book, is also a term for the deepest parts of the ocean. I enjoyed that comparison!) ✘ FINAL VERDICT If you're familiar with the YA/NA dystopian genre, I really don't think this will be an earth-shattering read for you, but it is a fun story with a lot of enjoyable characters and action. If you absolutely hate the 'master-turned-lover' trope, you may not be able to delve into this one much, but then again, this is a slightly atypical variation on that theme.
There are definitely some cliche moments throughout it, but altogether, I found this a delightful read that kept me up late and craving more, and I will definitely be continuing the series! You can find this review and more at my! TW: Slavery If I had to describe my relationship with in one gif: The narrative is choppy and bounces constantly between different subjects without transition. The author is young and it shows: the information about the world is shared rather clumsily through infodump and awkward flashbacks when it suits the author to do so. I didn't complain in the beginning, because I was interested in knowing more about the world. When it went on during the whole book, though? I c TW: Slavery If I had to describe my relationship with in one gif: ① The narrative is choppy and bounces constantly between different subjects without transition.
The author is young and it shows: the information about the world is shared rather clumsily through infodump and awkward flashbacks when it suits the author to do so. I didn't complain in the beginning, because I was interested in knowing more about the world. When it went on during the whole book, though?
I can't endure that, especially because it wasn't well incorporated into the story. Also, I ceased to care. ② Stripped of its fancy words., the world is nothing special really: think PNR blended with Dystopian YA (there's even an attempt at Resistance - I CANNOT STAND RESISTANCE PLOTS ANYMORE. Granted, the magical system is complex and interesting, but it's barely exploited! We have all these different kinds of clairvoyants and for what??
Do their powers count in the end? Only Paige's counts, because come on, she's the heroine, duh.About the fancy words: I used to think that reading in a language that isn't mine made dealing with slang more difficult. Actually, I realised that it might be the opposite. See, coming across a word that I don't instantly understand doesn't bother me as much as it would if I read in French. Context is generally enough, and if not there's always Google. ③ The writing is on the simplistic side, and we get the impression to be taken for morons or children at times. The awkward way Paige constantly justifies her actions felt as if the author was writing out of a textbook to not piss the reader off: LOOK!
I know I'm not supposed to trust him! But I have REASONS! LOOK AT THEM! WOULD YOU JUST LOOK AT THEM! LOADS of lectures. Every time the author needs us to know something.
Hence it doesn't flow and for me it's the mark of a bad writing, sorry, especially in the action scenes - There's this huge danger lurking and the characters are so. So teacher like. DON'T INTERUPT ME WHILE I'M TEACHING YOU SOMETHING! every character in ever. ⑤ The story suffers from an uneven pacing. Some parts drag so badly and then others are so rushed that we struggle to understand what is going on?!
Oh, look at this official wallpaper!!! YOU DON'T SAY!! It was just so LONG to get there! ⑥ I really have nothing to say about Paige. None of her 'emotions' touched me because everything felt so fake and so damn FLAT.
Watch me forgetting her. Starting NOW.
I held hope for Warden! And the bastard crushed it! Actually, bastard is not the right word. Another teacher in the making.
Really, what is it with these characters and their dispassionate lectures? ⑧ The secondary characters are one-dimensional and the relationships feel so damn forced. I don't care about any of them. Why should I, really?
I don't know them. And I might be a bitch, but I wondered why Paige was helping them from the get-go. They don't show any kind of connection so why?! I'll tell you why: to manufacture some kind of martyr strike in Paige, because apparently it's a must-have for any spechul female-lead out there.GASP. Or she would be a selfish Mary Sue! We can't have that. (Except Mare.
We do have Mare, ugh) ⑨ Because I may haven't been clear enough about the secondary characters: every one of them could have died without arousing any emotion in me. ⑩ It's also true of the main characters, actually. ⑪ The romance tries so hard to be a slow burn. Too bad it isn't. More like nothing happens, there's not an ounce of chemistry, and suddenly they can't take their hands off each others. Where the fuck does that come from???
Not to mention that it revolves around a trope I cannot stand, a master/slave relationship. This is where I say STOP. She's branded, marked, and she develops romantic feelings? I DON'T THINK SO.
And again, he's 200 years old. Also, the slavers are all POC. What's up with that? Does nobody find weird and offensive that alllll the bad guys would be POC? ► Unoriginal, boring and so very forgettable.
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She started writing in abundance when she was twelve, started her first novel when she was fifteen, and studied English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, from 2010 – 2013, graduating with a 2:1. In 2013, she published The Bone Season, the internationally bestselling first installment in a seven-book series of fantasy novels. Samantha Shannon was born and raised in West London. She started writing in abundance when she was twelve, started her first novel when she was fifteen, and studied English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, from 2010 – 2013, graduating with a 2:1. In 2013, she published The Bone Season, the internationally bestselling first installment in a seven-book series of fantasy novels. Its first sequel, The Mime Order, was published in 2015, and she's currently editing the third book in the series, The Song Rising. She is also working on a high fantasy novel.
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About The Bone Season It is the year 2059. Several major world cities are under the control of a security force called Scion. Paige Mahoney works in the criminal underworld of Scion London, part of a secret cell known as the Seven Seals. The work she does is unusual: scouting for information by breaking into others' minds. Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare kind of clairvoyant, and in this world, the voyants commit treason simply by breathing. But when Paige is captured and arrested, she encounters a power more sinister even than Scion.
The voyant prison is a separate city-Oxford, erased from the map two centuries ago and now controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. These creatures, the Rephaim, value the voyants highly-as soldiers in their army.
Paige is assigned to a Rephaite keeper, Warden, who will be in charge of her care and training. He is her master. Her natural enemy. But if she wants to regain her freedom, Paige will have to learn something of his mind and his own mysterious motives. The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine-a young woman learning to harness her powers in a world where everything has been taken from her. It also introduces an extraordinary young writer, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination.
Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut. Reviews “ A TODAY Book Club Pick!” – TODAY on NBC “A dark and exquisitely rendered fantasy unlike anything out there. The Bone Season is a must-read.” – Kami Garcia, coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures series “Terrific-intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing Shannon has remarkable talent for world-building But her most sublime otherworldly creation is the complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching Paige Mahoney Shannon has me hooked.” – NPR.org “The Bone Season invokes both the political tyranny of George Orwell and the bucolic mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien.” – USA Today “Moves at a frantic, action-filled pace. Shannon is likely on the brink of literary stardom.” – New York Magazine “A dazzlingly brainy, witty, and bewitching tale of outrageous courage, heroic compassion, transcendent love, and the quest for freedom. The first in a thoughtful fantasy series by a brilliant young writer.” – Booklist (starred review) “This book is definitely your new crack, full of juicy worldbuilding and heroic weirdness.” – io9 “Compellinga heroine every bit as gutsy as Katniss Everdeen.
Rowling's now-grown readers are the natural audience for this complex fantasythere's great imagination at work here.” – People, 3.5 out of 4 stars.
Review 1: I did expect more with all the hype associated with this book. With out the hype, it's still a good book. Not original, but I'm not sure it should be compared to the Hunger Games and the Divergent trilogies either. I am very much looking forward to the other 6 books in the series. This book was a good beginning to some thing that can be a great series. I guess we'll see where this leads us.
Review 2: I liked the book. The author is no J.K. Rowling, but she shows a lot of potential. I especially enjoyed the world she creates.
I did like the Hunger Games and Divergent books better, but I will definitely read the next installment. I want to see where she takes the story. I don't want to include a spoiler, but I will say there is an element of the ending tha. T I didn't like and is not very believable.
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Effects of Social Isolation on Bone Thickness To investigate the possible effects of 7 weeks of social isolation on bone thickness, transverse sections from isolated and control rat femora were obtained, colored by DAB-histochemistry, and microscopically analyzed for thickness. A period of 7 weeks of social isolation induced a significant increase of femur thickness compared to control animals (unpaired t-test, P = 0.003; Figures ), suggesting the development of a hyperostosis condition induced by chronic psychosocial stress. Alterations in Bone Formation and Resorption Markers Induced by Social Isolation To investigate the possible pathological alterations in markers of bone formation and resorption, serum levels of cathepsin K, CTX-I, and sclerostin were determined by ELISA procedure. A period of 4 weeks of social isolation did not alter any of these three markers with respect to control animals (data not shown, unpaired t-test, P = 0.76, P = 0.305, P = 0.241 for cathepsin K, CTX-I, and sclerostin, respectively), but a significant decrease of cathepsin K (Figure, unpaired t-test, P = 0.030) as well as a significant increase of CTX-I (Figure, unpaired t-test, P = 0.044) were observed after 7 weeks of social isolation.
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