The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke, 339
pages. Farrar Straus Giroux (Macmillan),
2018. $19.
Content: Language: PG-13 (15 swears); Mature
Content: PG; Violence: PG-13
BUYING
ADVISORY: HS – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL:
AVERAGE
Frey is a Boneless Mercy, a
person who helps mercifully end people’s lives who are dying from disease or physical
limitations. She is part of a close-knit
group of other Boneless Mercies, but Frey longs for a different kind of life, a
life where she will be known for her heroism and bravery. Frey convinces her other Mercies to hunt a
beast that is terrorizing a village in the hopes of changing her fate.
I was drawn to this book because of it’s
fantastic cover and the premise sounded intriguing. I was disappointed by the unfolding of the
story because it was all action and plot lines with no character development. The relationships have no depth or growth and
there is a very high death count and slit throats.
Reviewer, C Peterson.
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