This was a good read, but it was nothing too complex. The character, Dr. Simon Neely, is a paleontologist dealing with the trauma and guilt of his younger sister disappearing during a museum visit where he was her chaperone. He moves back to his hometown and takes a position at the very museum it happened. He's dealing with a mysterious spirit that seems to haunt the museum at night. On top of that, a mysterious note surfaces that claims to want to help Neely "find her bones". Real f*cked up considering he's a paleontologist.

The main character is extremely unlikeable and clearly has issues they refuse to solve. The story takes place during COVID and I don't enjoy that scenery, but I got over it because we can't just ignore what happened to us all (I don't care if you read to escape real life problems) and I was waiting to see if it was integral to the story. It wasn't. The story spends more time mentioning the details of the lockdown and masks which again, doesn't really add to the story. The museum being closed during all of this did miss an opportunity to expand on the supernatural/paranormal aspect of the story. Even with its flaws, I still enjoyed the book.

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I liked the connection between the spirit of the dinosaurs and wanting to reclaim what was lost to them and the symbolic meaning of paleontology and recovering stories through bones. One of the biggest letdowns in the book was that the mystery of the museum being haunted and the mystery of what happened to Simon's sister weren't connected. So the haunted musuem plot got lost underneath Simon's desire to find out what happened to his sister. The reveal wasn't as satisfying as I expected and again, I think the author missed an opportunity to connect those mysteries.