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Rite of Passage
(Supernatural #10)
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Thirty years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father taught the boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners of America... and how to kill it.
Laurel Hill, New Jersey is beginning to look like one of the unluckiest places on Earth when a series of mishaps hit the town. Bu ...more
Laurel Hill, New Jersey is beginning to look like one of the unluckiest places on Earth when a series of mishaps hit the town. Bu ...more
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Mass Market Paperback, 392 pages
Published
August 14th 2012
by Titan Books
(first published January 1st 2012)
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This book is based on the television series and takes place during the seventh season. In this one, there is a creature that can manipulate his surroundings into events that will lead to mayhem and death. This creature seems invincible and the Winchesters and Bobby are hard pressed into finding a way to stop him.
This was an enjoyable offering from this universe. My best way of describing this story would be the movie Final Destination dropped into the Supernatural universe. The author does a ter ...more
This was an enjoyable offering from this universe. My best way of describing this story would be the movie Final Destination dropped into the Supernatural universe. The author does a ter ...more
This book was 30% Sam and Dean, 10% Bobby and 60% author original characters. Let me give you an example. I bought this on my Kindle. Between 81% and 89% there was no mention of Sam & Dean. I wanted to read about Sam & Dean, that is why I bought a book called Supernatural. So by around 40% through the book I began to actually skim it just looking for Sam & Dean's names, then I'd read that part, then go back to skimming. It had lots of carnage, I'll give the author that, lots of unexpected stuff,
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Good book. Didn't like the oni though. Glad Bobby, Dean, and Sam were able to stop them. RIP Ryan and the people the oni killed.
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This book is set during season 7 of the television show Supernatural. I usually like media tie-in novels–it’s a good way to tell stories about the characters or in the universe that can’t be done on the show, either because it would be too expensive to film or it isn’t suited to a television medium or just to expand the universe and find out what the characters do in between episodes. And I love Supernatural– the brothers’ relationship, the ...more
This book is set during season 7 of the television show Supernatural. I usually like media tie-in novels–it’s a good way to tell stories about the characters or in the universe that can’t be done on the show, either because it would be too expensive to film or it isn’t suited to a television medium or just to expand the universe and find out what the characters do in between episodes. And I love Supernatural– the brothers’ relationship, the ...more
this was a good book...if u like supernatural u will like this......its a seperate story from the show but it is also in between episodes.....sam and dean are up to their old tricks again along with bobby......i highly recommend this book.
Fairly solid, at least for the first half. It dragged on a little long by the end and, like others have said, there were way too many original characters. I do appreciate the idea that the author tried to break the mold. These tie-ins can get a bit cookie-cutter at times.
I am very much late to the party when it comes to Supernatural. As someone who's lurked in fandom spaces most of her life, I've known about this show for years, but only picked it up recently. And, if I'm watching the show, why not read the books while I'm at it?
As someone who also reads a lot of fanfiction, it's always an interesting turn to see how sanctioned spinoff novels differ from it. One thing to note about this one is its notable lack of focus on the main characters. They can't exactly ...more
As someone who also reads a lot of fanfiction, it's always an interesting turn to see how sanctioned spinoff novels differ from it. One thing to note about this one is its notable lack of focus on the main characters. They can't exactly ...more
I think John Passarella should just write all of the Supernatural novels. This is the second book of his I have read and it is by far one of the best in the series. While I thought the ending felt a bit rushed and kind of petered out in the wrap up, overall, I thought it was exciting, gruesome, and it felt like if a Supernatural episode was allowed to go with a hard R-rating. This might be the first Supernatural book or episode with a massive body count. I can't believe how many people Passarell
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This is the second Supernatural book I have read by John Passarella. In my review of
Night Terror
, the first, my major complaint wasn't so much Passarella's writing, but rather his inability to capture the Winchester brothers' nuances. There are things that are a big part of the show, like the song choices, Dean's love of food, or simply the banter between the two that make the TV series much more than a couple of guys fighting monsters. Everything else, though, like the violence, the speed
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This book is readable and the prose wasn't bad. I read the whole book in one setting so it was definitely engaging, the problem with it (as several reviews have already pointed out) is that it just doesn't have enough Sam and Dean. They're barely in it, they barely defeat the monster, and the author spends way too much time with characters that I just don't care about.
The characters were written fine and I even enjoyed them every once in a while, but one does not pick up a Supernatural book bec ...more
The characters were written fine and I even enjoyed them every once in a while, but one does not pick up a Supernatural book bec ...more
This is the second Passarella novel in the series that I've read, and his writing is by far the best of the authors. The story was complex, but unwound naturally and smoothly, and the manor in which he handles the Winchesters, and finally Bobby in one of these books, was spot on. I did enjoy the whole story revolving around a different sort of demon. However, the one big issue I had with the narrative is that it was way too ridiculous for a Supernatural "episode." It felt like Passarella had a g
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It's easy to tell this was written by the same author as Night Terror; the same pacing is there, and the tightly wound description of the horrible and the macabre. This could easily be classified as horror, even when the description is fleeting and doesn't delve too deeply into the gory details.
The plot feels like it's focused away from the Winchesters a lot of the time; there are several side-stories that the book jumps into, to establish a (somewhat unsurprising) dramatic turn of events later. ...more
The plot feels like it's focused away from the Winchesters a lot of the time; there are several side-stories that the book jumps into, to establish a (somewhat unsurprising) dramatic turn of events later. ...more
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Another late review since I didn't know these were on Goodreads. John Passarella really knows how to keep you entertained with this story. Since this one isn't actually in the show, it was still a really great read. Anything Supernatural based I will read. Rite of Passage is a lot darker than some of the others that I have read and it goes into great detail about it. Really made me think I was reading an actual episode from the TV series.
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The beginning was super just gory and upsetting and I really hated the enemy guy but then as it got further into the story (like the very ending) I started to actually care about the plot line I guess. would not read agin
took 13 days to read (which is a VERY long time)
onto the next supernatural book (ebook-i lowkey hate ebooks)
took 13 days to read (which is a VERY long time)
onto the next supernatural book (ebook-i lowkey hate ebooks)
While I wouldn’t say this was a good book I saw some improvement from the previous one I read from the same author. I did actually form an emotional attachment to one of the original characters which did not happen in the previous book. It still seemed to take me a long time to complete the book as I could easily put it down, not a page turner but readable.
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I like think of the supernatural books like episodes, they are better because it's less about seeing and more about imagining, so you there's no worries about actors and special effects, it's all in your mind, which allows for more in-debth victim scenes, more abstract monsters, and more.
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I love reading these stories about things that are happening between the episodes of Supernatural. While there were a few factual errors in this book, and I found parts of the story a little dull, I was excited to figure out what the MOTW was and what its end game might be.
None of the SPN novels are great but this is definitely the worst one I've read.
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Excellent book! This one was pretty intense and it bounces around between a lot of different people. Hang in there and keep reading all will be revealed at the end.
This book was written much better than Fresh Meat. The story, actions, and dialogue were all within Supernatural's norms. Two thumbs up, John Passarella
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Interesting mythology
This book deals with Japanese mythology and has quite a few surprises in store. I could not put it down.
This book deals with Japanese mythology and has quite a few surprises in store. I could not put it down.
Good read
Liked this one. Not enough of the boys (but honestly, can there ever be enough? ;-) ), but the pacing was good and kept me interessted.
Not the best of the Supernatural novels I’ve read, but still an interesting story, and featuring a monster that (I don’t think?) has been shown on the show before.
Not bad but very over the top
Bit of blood and guts, but an enjoyable story for the Supernatural series.
After reading this I am convinced we have several oni’s running around this year. It was good.
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