The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) in Addicted to YA

May 07, 2017 Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

REREAD 5/1/24
I read this again because I really wanted to finish the series and I didn't remember a lot hat happened in this book. I still really enjoyed it and I'm happy to get reacquainted with the characters again. I still loved them all

I have been reading a bunch of really good books. It makes me so excited and keeps me wanting more and more. I have books to read before I can pick up the next book in this series but I will start The Dream Thieves very soon. I loved the psychic women in this REREAD 5/1/24
I read this again because I really wanted to finish the series and I didn't remember a lot hat happened in this book. I still really enjoyed it and I'm happy to get reacquainted with the characters again. I still loved them all

I have been reading a bunch of really good books. It makes me so excited and keeps me wanting more and more. I have books to read before I can pick up the next book in this series but I will start The Dream Thieves very soon. I loved the psychic women in this book, I love the bit of magic. I loved the 4 boys and each of their varying uniqueness's. I hated poor Adam's home life, the way Ronan dealt with his loss, Noah and his silent ways (his part of this book shocked the heck out of me...never saw it coming) and Gansey, the glue that held them all together. Blue and her family of psychic misfits were the perfect touch to this amazing book.

RE-READ 4/23/19

It's still a 5 star book for me. I loved it more this time then I did the first time I read it. I only reread it because I want to read The Dream Thieves in May and I couldn't remember anything about the ending. Even while I was reading it this morning nothing was familiar to me. I read this when I was pretty new to the fantasy world and I think it was a little over my head at the time. All the ley line talk was a little hard to grasp. I have read a lot of magic/fantasy type books and things just stuck this time. I am anxious to get into the next book in the series. I am thrilled I reread this.

I think Blue is my favorite character besides Noah. I love all 4 of the boys. I love how toward the end of the book Blue's family referred to the boys as "her boys" Blue's mom said something like "Blue your boys are here" Gansey was the one who usually collected things and people but this group ended up belonging to Blue in the end.

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somehow I missed that Noah was dead or that he was the bones they found near that red mustang. I also didn't realize until this reread that Noah died so that Gansey could live. Gansey should have died and Noah should have been alive. This book took all kinds of crazy twists and turns and I loved it. ...more

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Sep 19, 2017 Keyona rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this audiobook. Let me just say that this narrator, Will was fantastic. He did different voices and I always knew who he was before announcing it. I feel like it really made the book for me. I'm not sure I would've had the same experience had I actually read it. The plot was pretty good. It all comes together at the end, yet I still have some questions which, I'm assuming will be answered in the next book in the series. ...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Susan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-authors

After seeing Maggie Stiefvater at National Book Festival I could not wait to read The Raven Boys. Like The Scorpio Races, this book is infused with folklore that adds such a rich background to her novels. Blue Sargent lives with her mother and other random psychic women who conduct readings. Blue, although not psychic herself, creates an energy field that adds to the paranormal experiences. As proclaimed by the women, Blue's ultimate fate is to kiss a boy who will then die and this causes her gr ...more

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Jan 11, 2018 Talia rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own-this, fantasy, ya, not-recommended

I've heard so much hype about this book, so maybe my expectations affected my reading.

I found the book a rough read. I wasn't into the characters as much as I wanted to be. They felt shallow, and I wasn't able to find anything interesting in them that I was drawn to. Their backgrounds felt unoriginal and so I couldn't connect to them.

The plot itself promises some interesting mystery, but I felt that it wasn't well paced. The dialogue scenes were laden down with explanations and the descriptions ...more

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