Ratings16
Average rating3.9
Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House, and the secrets of their marrow. But now, Charm is also the only person who can keep an empire together, as the Emperor summons her to his deathbed, and charges her with choosing which of his awful, faithless sons will carry on the empire - by discovering which one is responsible for his own murder. Charm must choose. Her dead Emperor's will or the whispers of her own ghosts. Print run 75,000.
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Abandonei no capítulo 8. O conceito é único e achei que tinha potencial de ser muito interessante, mas combinado com o plot/conflito do livro acabei não gostando. Sinceramente eu não faço idéia do que tava acontecendo maior parte do tempo e a escrita da autora não é nada de especial... Vi pessoas que tiveram esse mesmo problema então resolvi abandonar e partir para outra coisa. Tem muito livro pra ser lido!
This book had its moments...and its failures. In the beginning, I was expecting it to play out into a 1 or 2 star story, at its worst a dnf. But thankfully it evolved into something more enjoyable, and only got stronger until the end. But since first impressions are so vital, I'd settle on a 3 star at the highest. Still a good book, but not perfect (and thus I'll leave my thoughts at ~undecided~ because while I liked the read, I won't say I'll read it again, and I'm something of a chronic re-reader).
I was so confused by this book the entire way through. I didn't know what was going on all the time until the last couple of chapters, at which point I couldn't place any of the characters into context that would make the ending scenes meaningful. I think I missed most of the book in that way. The writing was okay and the story premise, once I got it, was actually quite interesting. My interest and opinion of the book changed so much throughout reading it that I cannot really give it any more of a rating then average and vaguely enjoyable.
I think the best way I can describe The Bone Orchard is smooth.
The main characters are endearing if perhaps a little flat (aside from Charm and her ghosts which are understandably so a little one dimensional at times). The universe is just detailed enough to make it seems natural. Nothing about it comes across as jarring in any way, smooth. I think it just came a little short for me because the characters don't actually do much in the way of taking action and they do a lot of talking but otherwise it was a pretty fun read.