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Feb 08, 2012

Ilona added it

Bought it on Kindle. It has this interesting Dean Koontz in his prime vibe to it: the prose is lyrical without being flowery and the narrative is making a slow spiral around the unexplained. There is a small town that’s not quite what it seems, and an old woman who minds the dead by performing some sort of special ritual involving hard liquor, and an undertaker. The woman meets a young girl, who seems to be a runaway. The next thing you know, the woman is dead, savagely murdered, and her gra More...

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Jun 06, 2011

Maja rated it:

I wouldn’t exactly call Graveminder urban fantasy, but I don’t know what else to call it either, so I guess I’ll just leave it on my UF shelf. It reminded me of a small town horror story. I should probably list what I liked and didn’t like here. Don't worry, it’s going to be very short.

What I liked:
- From what I understand, Melissa Marr didn’t plan this as a series. Everything was wrapped up nicely which was very refreshing.
- 3rd person narrative and multiple POVs made More...

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Jul 12, 2011

Shelley rated it:

Rating: 2.0

**Summary**
In the year 1712, a woman named Abigail Barrows unwittingly opens a gateway into the land of the dead and sets things in motion that will have an everlasting impact on the town of Claysville. Seeing the error in her ways, she agrees to work with Death in order to bring the deceased back to their world. Abigail is therefore named the first Graveminder whose responsibilities are to ensure the dead are taken care of, and if any rise, she is to escort them bac More...

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Nov 17, 2011

Cathy rated it:

Wow, I really liked this book but it seems quite a few readers didn't or thought it was OK.

Here are my thoughts:

Maybe I'm bias, but I grew up loving Stephen King novels. This horror story had the-quirky-small-town-and-you-know-there's-something-amiss-vibe all over it. It was an easy read but I found the beginning pace slow. Long build ups are boring, however the mystery intrigued me and I couldn't put the book down.

The premise is about a town where there is More...

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Oct 05, 2011

slayra rated it:

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Feb 01, 2012

Kristy rated it:

I can see why some people would gobble this up and fall into this world. I can also see why some people would rip it to shreds and hate it. It is creepy, but not overly so. So, those of you wanting to be "pee-your-pants scared" you will be dissapointed. However, if you are a cowardly lion like me, you will be okay.

I feel like this is a -not-for-me story, yet I know it still had it's shining moments. I also hate how long it took to really get to the main story. There was so More...

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May 13, 2011

April rated it:

Check out my book trailer I made for this! http://youtu.be/7uDcuWsOPAY

oh my goodness. I"m so glad I won this.. I love melissa marr. Her wicked lovely series was great. I'm curious to see how this book is. :)

thanks good reads!

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Just recieved this already!! yay! I"ll be starting it right away.

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May 23, 2011

Natasha rated it:

For anyone who loves:
Mystery
Subterfuge
Paranormal
Exceptional uniqueness
Smattering of romance
Why did I read it?
I had to see what Ms. Marr would do with an Adult rather than YA novel.
And well, the premise, look at that blurb!

My Rambles:
Loved.
I was very impressed with Ms. Marr's first venture into adult fiction.
This was creepy and suspenseful, and had just enough secrets to make me keep reading and not too many that made m More...

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Sep 06, 2011

Underpressure rated it:

I was really excited about this book; 'was' being the operational word in this sentence. Although Marr is clearly not the new Hemingway, or Harris for that matter, I followed the Wicked Lovely series in appreciation of the lush world she had created. So, I was looking forward to reading her first foray into adult lit to see what she could cook up on the adult side of the fence. Let me just say, I tried to like this book. I really did. I had earmarked it for a weekend when I knew I would be doing More...

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Jun 15, 2011

Melanie rated it:

Right now I don't have time to do a proper review so I'll be brief. There are some books that are so good that you can't put them down and read them until your eyelids close on you. There are books that you try to read fast because it grips you so tight that you wanna get to the end and then when it ends you wished you'd read slower just to draw it out. This is one of those books. I woke up this morning with 40 pages left and it killed me all morning to sit at work. Thank the gods for lunch More...

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May 18, 2011

Lisa (A Life Bound By Books) rated it:

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Graveminder, the first adult title from author Melissa Marr is a book that’ll have you sitting on the edge of your seat, drawing you in further with the unfolding story. As the creep factor escalates, the characters and their mysterious town and its past come together creating an absorbing and entertaining read.

The land of the living and the dead are twisted together in the small town o More...

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Jun 01, 2011

Valerie rated it:

I want this SO BADLY.

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I was already familiar with Melissa Marr via her Wicked Lovely series, and I really like what she does - the themes in Ink Exchange (which I desperately need to re-read) were what got me hooked. So, I bought a signed hardcover of this in Boston... and it was worth every penny. I actually went "Wow," when I closed it. I knew it would be a five-star novel when I was halfway through, but this exceeded all of my expectations.

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Nov 22, 2011

Zoe rated it:

This book has a fascinating concept and presents a refreshing new take on the world of the dead and zombies. I loved her descriptions and world building particularly in the world of the dead. I found the multiple POVs interesting, especially the POVs of the non-main characters. Melissa Marr's writing style is wonderful as she weaves a very fitting sense of creepiness for this book.

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Jan 01, 2012

Lisa rated it:

“Sleep well, and stay where I put you.”

Last Friday, I got on a plane in Minneapolis. It had been a very long day and I was extremely tired. I opened my new read, Graveminder by Melissa Marr, thinking I would read the first chapter while they finished boarding and got through the announcements. I planned to sleep the rest of the way home…187 pages later, we landed in Cleveland. I hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep. Instead, I was utterly absorbed in the book, wishing I had just another hour More...

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Feb 08, 2012

Johnpatrick rated it:

"I think I might accidentally be reading a terrible book," was the recurring sense I had throughout the entirety of Graveminder. Yet unlike the last terrible book I read, House of Holes, I was compelled to finish Melissa Marr's first "adult," outing. I'm not without fault in this literary relationship; I picked this up for two of the worst reasons you can read a book: everyone on Goodreads liked it last year, and the author has the same, somewhat uncommon, last name as I do. More...

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Jan 26, 2012

Ellie rated it:

Graveminder by Melissa Marr
Grade: B

“Part of being strong is knowing when to hide your weakness, and when to admit them. When it’s just us, you can cry. In front of the world, you keep your chin up.”

Claysville is not your normal town. People are born in Claysville, the raise their kids in Claysville and they die in Claysville. Children don’t get sick and most residents live until eighty all because of a deal the towns founders made in 1712. Three hundred years later that More...

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Jan 23, 2012

pdbkwm rated it:

I haven't read a book in a long time. Somehow, I was busy with school and life to actually have the time to pick up a book and read it.

When I went to the library to pick up some graphic novels/mangas I saw this and somehow I was drawn to it. The cover (with the old house) was creepy and the blurb sounded delicious. For the first time in a long time, I was truly excited to pick up a book.

Then I started to read it. This is the first book of Melissa Marr that I've read, I More...

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Jan 20, 2012

Audrey rated it:

I'm happy and surprised to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I say surprised because I almost didn't read it - I'd read Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, and I didn't really like either of them all that much, so I sort-of thought that meant I wasn't a Melissa Marr fan. And then, much to the horror of many book bloggers I know, I'm not a fan of zombies. At all. And this book seemed to be a book about zombies trying to disguise itself as something else.

In the end, though, it s More...

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Jan 19, 2012

Ryan rated it:

It's not often that I find a paranormal romance/contemporary fantasy novel that I'm flat out in love with. After reading what seemed like an endless stream of reviews praising this book, I thought outloud, "Hey, maybe this could be the one." So I would look at it everytime I went into a bookstore, but for whatever reason, I just never took it home with me. Well when I was given an opportunity to read/review it, I took it as a sign that this one could just do it for me.

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Jan 16, 2012

Sarah rated it:

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Jan 15, 2012

Siew Ee rated it:

I read this book without knowing what it was all about and I probably enjoyed it more because of it. A synopsis can be found in goodreads.com. For a more detailed look into the story, check up http://vampirebookclub.net/review-giveaw...

Melissa Marr writes well and the ‘Graveminder’ has an original and fascinating premise involving the dead. From the start, there was dark mystery and untold secrets, and the author made a good job of introducing the suspense and keep you hanging in to f More...

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Jan 15, 2012

Kat rated it:

All they need is three things if they were born in Claysville, just food, drink and words. If she could get to them before they would awake she could make sure they remained where they were. Provide a sense of peace they expected. If they awoke, it was her job to find them. Her job to lead them back and prevent them from wandering. She was the Graveminder.

Rebekkah Barrow was a blood relative of Maylene, but considered her to be the closest thing to a grandmother should would ever know. More...

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Jan 12, 2012

Jennifer rated it:

I'm not sure what makes this book adult fiction. Is it because the lead characters are adults? Otherwise, it is really a young adult style book both in the writing and tempo. Don't get me wrong- I like YA fiction and I liked this book. But it wasn't edgy, scary or sexy enough for me to be called Adult. It kind of felt like it just stopped short on all those aspects. The supporting characters were fantastic and I would l love to read more about them. And as one reviewer pointed out, it would be a More...

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Jan 08, 2012

Maria rated it:

The 411:
I was so excited for the opportunity to read and review Graveminder. I loved Wicked Lovely and it still remains one of my favorite young adult books.

In Graveminder we meet Bek who returns home to bury her beloved Grandmother Maylene. What she doesn't know is that her grandmother was murdered and she will be expected to take her place as the Graveminder. When the dead pass they need someone to mind them (provide them with food, drink and a story and to bring them where they More...

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Jan 03, 2012

Brigid rated it:

In "Graveminder," Melissa Marr makes the jump from YA to Adult with a supernatural thriller about a small town, a deal with "the devil," and family secrets. While it started out strong and compelling, about 2/3s of the way through it became significantly less engaging... possibly because too much attention was placed on the interactions (both romantic and platonic) of the protagonists. I would have liked more exploration of the town, the land of the dead, the death rituals, t More...

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Dec 29, 2011

Jo Anne rated it:

"The Graveminder and the Undertaker are partners. The Undertaker opens the gate, and the Graveminder escorts the Hungry Dead to their rightful place."

This book should be categorized as Young Adult. After I read the first couple of sentences I immediately thought it was Young Adult, but then I checked and saw that it wasn't and I was disappointed. Melanie Marr is a Young Adult author but this was her attempt into Adult Fiction. I will review this as if it were a Young Adult More...

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Nov 30, 2011

Kimberly rated it:

I was enchanted by the idea.

Graveminder will change the way you think of the Dead. It gives the reader the ability to envision a magical counterpart to the real world, that could only exist in imagination. Could it?

Stories like these make me wonder "how could I not have thought of that?" Its such a simple story and yet so complicated. The dead are some-what living; still they have needs and if no one is there to tend to them there are repercussions.

I rea More...

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Nov 11, 2011

Bardi rated it:

Let me say this at the beginning. You should read this book. I would certainly not, as I did, get from Amazon. And if you are prone to library fines I would pass on that. Perhaps a friend, sort of, will lend you a copy. But you should read it. At some point,assuming there are people buying this one, I am sure there will be more volumes. I am told Ms Marr is generally a good writer so perhaps it shall get better.

Ok, so what am I talking about. Well there is a town in the mideast (judgin More...

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Nov 09, 2011

Megan rated it:

The book seemed to start out much stronger than it ended for me...and I was left a little put off by the pacing near the end. Everything wrapped up a little too quickly, and not very neatly. A few plot points of some of the secondary characters were kind of left hanging, and I would have honestly enjoyed reading about some of them more than the main two characters. For an apparent stand-alone volume, it could have benefited from a little more fleshing out (no pun intended) of some of the char More...

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Nov 04, 2011

Michael (Tattoogirl Reads) rated it:

I’ll start off with: if you love Melissa Marr then you’ll probably love this too. As I think every book I’ve read by her is mediocre, I thought this book too was mediocre. I feel bad because SO MANY people love her but I’m just not one of them. When I read her faerie books I compare them to Holly Black (I heart her) and they just pale in comparison. So I thought when I picked up this book that it would be better for me because it has nothing to do with faeries. I was wrong. It’s not just her fae More...

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