Eh, I'm feeling generous so 3.5 stars. For now, at least. I feel like Shadow and Bone is yet another victim of the hype monster - I probably would have enjoyed it more if I read it a few years earlier and managed to avoid all the minor spoilers surrounding it.
So many things annoyed me with this book, including, but limited to Alina, the Darkling (yep, that's right, I'm not really a fan), all the telling-and-not-showing, the romance, and how easy it was to predict. Still, the magic system is quite interesting and so is the whole premise of the story.
I don't regret reading it, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series, but I'm also not blown away by it like everyone else seems to be.
Full review to come.
Reviewed by pagingserenity on
Reading updates
- 21 October, 2020: Started reading
- 22 October, 2020: Finished reading
- 24 December, 2020: Reviewed