Bitching Bits of Bone

Bitching Bits of Bone by Norman Mounter
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have not connection to Dr Norman Mounter.

I did enjoy this book. I think Mounter managed to capture the danger and brutality of medieval England perfectly. There is a lot of darkness in this book, but it is broken up with bits of dark humour.

I do not remember much of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as I last read it at school, but I did really enjoy this book. There are parts of this book, gave me nightmares and I can't get out of my head. I am sure anyone with kids will understand where I am coming from. However this book had me laughing out loud in places. I think the dark humour came at the right time, to get rid of the proper darkness and dogma of the era.

The one thing I would say was this book would have been perfect as a play. The style of "asides", monologue and dialogue for each character would have been absolutely perfect in a playwright format, and the fact that is set in Medevil England just makes that format suit this book perfectly.

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