David Scrimshaw reviewed City of Bones by Martha Wells
Review of 'City of Bones' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I've liked the Martha Wells Murderbot books so much that I thought it would be a good idea to try one of her older books.
It turned out to be a good decision, and also a surprise. Because City of Bones is nothing like the Murderbot books.
You know in Calvin and Hobbes when the image would switch from the simple line drawings of the regular cartoon to incredibly detailed painting like images, so you'd realize that Waterson could draw any picture he wanted to? This is like that. Murderbot although incredibly powerful is sweet and naive and the adventures are like something in a comic book.
City of Bones has a Byzantine culture and the main character is a jaded outsider who has mostly learned how to navigate his way to survive. I found it entirely satisfying.
Martha Wells can clearly write any kind of story she wants to.