Review: Boneyard
Boneyard by Seanan McGuireMy rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
I received an Advance Review Copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 Stars
As I was telling my friend and fellow blogger SleepingKoala45, who blogs at Wishful Thinking, only yesterday, I'm just not much of a gamer. I find myself playing less and reading more as I um, get older. (insert grimace) So perhaps my taking up this book in the Deadlands book series, which is part of the Deadlands Weird West RPG (role-playing game) franchise seems to be a curious choice. Those of you who know me as a huge Seanan McGuire fan are probably unsurprised! However, I have to honestly say that this book just didn't grab me as much as some of her other work.
As mentioned, the book stems from a gaming franchise and since I don't play the game and I'm not much Weird West fan, it's reassuring that the book actually reads perfectly well as a standalone for those, like me, with no background in the game or the Weird West world. And, in addition to not being a Weird Wester (honestly, the West has never been my thing and I can barely even keep it together to stay with HBO's Westworld, and that's a show with great writing and excellent actors), I'm also not much of a carnie/circus/freak show fan or even much of a horror fan. So, you can see my problem here. But I am willing to follow this author off my well-beaten paths. I firmly believe that Seanan McGuire is simply incapable of writing a bad book. This just wasn't, perhaps, the best book for me. I'd have to say that Annie is an interesting character though not my favorite in this author's pantheon of Georgia Masons, Toby Dayes, Alice Healy-Prices and Henry Marchens. That said, without giving too much away, the advent of Wendigos in the wild was rather exciting. While not a horror fan, I do enjoy folklore monsters and the Algonquin mythical cannibal creature is deliciously monstrous. Wendigos did not disappoint.
If you're a Weird West fan or a Deadlands player, this book will likely hit the spot!
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"But I am willing to follow this author off my well-beaten paths." Precisely why I picked it up, and had the same issues. It's a good book, just not the right book for me.
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