Audiobook Online – The Bone Season A Novel By Samantha Shannon
The Bone Season is a science novel by author Samantha Shannon. This is an epic novel about a young woman who fights using her powers and survives in completely harsh England. She is a woman of intelligence, harnessing her powers for survival, ambition, and a rich imagination.
Here are the top 3 reviews and comments that readers love about this fascinating book.
Review 1: The Bone Season A Novel audiobook by Teresa A. McTigue
The idea of this book is an interesting one. Something weird happens in 1856 and human history is changed. Many people become clairvoyant in a wide range of ways. An anti-clairvoyant political system emerges that oppresses the people with the new skills. And of course there’s more…. Those ideas drew me to buy this book. Nothing radically new, but some classic science fiction ideas rearranged into a potentially interesting new form.
The problem is that the the author’s writing skills aren’t up to the par of her idea for a book. The hero (Paige) spends most of the book pissed off at the world in general in various ways. She’s a lot like a classic romance novel heroine where the lead character is very lightly sketched out so that the reader can pour herself easily into the role. Paige is special, though, like all the romance novel leads are. All the important characters are drawn to her irresistibly. They see more in her than she sees in herself… classic character from teen or romance fan fiction. The Warden is also a classic romance novel character dragged through a science fiction plot. Instead of behind a noble man or vampire, this time he’s a being from another dimension. Other problems include, but aren’t limited to, the pacing of action scenes. The author is terrible at organizing how an action scene is presented. If there is more than two characters involved, the scenes get confusing. It’s hard to keep track of who is where and what’s going on. Worse yet, I didn’t really care to do so. Then there’s the end of the book where the author inexplicably jumps back in time to fill in a gap in the heroine’s origin story and to explain a ghost that was repeatedly mentioned. Why was this section placed at the end? Why wasn’t it better integrated into the book? It’s placement just didn’t make sense.
This book isn’t really a complete story. It’s the set up for the series the author intended from the beginning to write. It sets the tone, and a weak one, for the franchise but doesn’t stand well on it’s own.
Review 2: The Bone Season A Novel audiobook by Destiny B.
I honestly didn’t know what to expect and wasn’t feeling particularly enthusiastic about starting this series, but 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.
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.
Arcturus… 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.
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!)
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!
Review 3: The Bone Season A Novel audiobook by Phillip Poythress
Very good.
This is a page turner for sure. Good in every aspect. Story, performance and originality.
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