Reviews
"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 "[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) " What a ride! Imagination on that scale is exhilarating. I didn't just like this book, I loved it ." -- Ben McNally, Ben McNally Books, Toronto "This book is for those who like their dystopian science fiction multilayered, philosophical, and complex ." -- Kirkus Reviews, Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing enough to keep me up late to finish...There's a distinct Margaret Atwood wash to Shannon's dystopian universe, and echoes of Anthony Burgess's Clockwork Orange in the colorful lingo., "Truly extraordinary and thrilling." -- Andy Serkis "[The Bone Season] invokes both the political tyranny of George Orwell and the bucolic mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien." -- USA Today "This book is definitely your new crack, full of juicy worldbuilding and heroic weirdness." -- Io9.COM "Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing enough to keep me up late to finish...There's a distinct Margaret Atwood wash to Shannon's dystopian universe, and echoes of Anthony Burgess's Clockwork Orange in the colorful lingo." -- NPR.org "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 "[A] dazzingly 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) "Rad" -- Vanity Fair, [A] dazzingly 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., [The Bone Season] invokes both the political tyranny of George Orwell and the bucolic mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien., "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 "[A] magical dystopic tale." - Redbook "[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) "Truly extraordinary and thrilling." - Andy Serkis "A richly imagined debut." - Publishers Weekly "For those who like their dystopian science fiction multilayered, philosophical, and complex ." -- Kirkus Reviews "Samantha Shannon is a hugely inventive talent. With The Bone Season , she's hit the ground running" - Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black , "[A] galvanic debut... dynamically and shrewdly imagined...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), A TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! "Truly extraordinary and thrilling." - Andy Serkis"[The Bone Season] invokes both the political tyranny of George Orwell and the bucolic mythmaking of J.R.R. Tolkien." - USA Today "This book is definitely your new crack, full of juicy worldbuilding and heroic weirdness." - Io9.COM"Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing enough to keep me up late to finish...There's a distinct Margaret Atwood wash to Shannon's dystopian universe, and echoes of Anthony Burgess's Clockwork Orange in the colorful lingo." - NPR.org "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 "[A] dazzingly 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) "Rad" - Vanity Fair
