Book Review: A Tree of Bones, Gemma Files
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juushikaTitle: A Tree of Bones (Hexslinger Book 3)
Author: Gemma Files
Published: Toronto: ChiZine Publications, 2012
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 447
Total Page Count: 155,900
Text Number: 455
Read Because: continuing the series, borrowed fromcentury_eyes
Review: A Rope of Thorns was a middle book, cluttered and unbalanced. But the payout is worth it; A Tree of Bones is fantastic. It takes the established, diverse world to satisfying conclusion, and the highlight is the characters. If A Book of Tongues is about the fact that someone hurt whom they claim to love, A Tree of Bones is about the beloved's equally complex relationship with their betrayer. Chess's development remains a touch heavy-handed, but that Files gives him and the vast majority of the cast such depth and sympathy without erasing their sins is remarkable; there's no single character I didn't learn to love (even Songbird, even Oona). This saga was great fun, unique in premise and voice, satisfying in scale and execution; but I didn't expect it to be resonant, and that's the quality I admire most in the end.
Author: Gemma Files
Published: Toronto: ChiZine Publications, 2012
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 447
Total Page Count: 155,900
Text Number: 455
Read Because: continuing the series, borrowed from
century_eyesReview: A Rope of Thorns was a middle book, cluttered and unbalanced. But the payout is worth it; A Tree of Bones is fantastic. It takes the established, diverse world to satisfying conclusion, and the highlight is the characters. If A Book of Tongues is about the fact that someone hurt whom they claim to love, A Tree of Bones is about the beloved's equally complex relationship with their betrayer. Chess's development remains a touch heavy-handed, but that Files gives him and the vast majority of the cast such depth and sympathy without erasing their sins is remarkable; there's no single character I didn't learn to love (even Songbird, even Oona). This saga was great fun, unique in premise and voice, satisfying in scale and execution; but I didn't expect it to be resonant, and that's the quality I admire most in the end.
