The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater -- Restarting August 20th 2025

[Danique]

100%
(view spoiler)[ I don't know what to feel. The ending was so weird?? Especially the last line, but I guess that is what the next book will be about?
I'm also sad about Adam, I really liked him, but I feel like he'll be different in the next one :( (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Danique wrote: "2%
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I'm wondering why (view spoiler)[Blue doens't have the same gifts as her family. It's weird that she's the only one. Shell be an old spinster if she never gives in to love. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Right now I'm at chapter 3:
(view spoiler)[I don't really like Neeve. SHe gives the feeling that she's fake. I don't understand why Blue could see Gansey, but he couldn't see her. They were on the same location. (hide spoiler)]

[Danique]

I agree! It’s weird that she’s the only one who’s ‘different’🤔
Hmm I see what you mean. I think the second part of your question is explained later on :)

[Saar The Book owl]

Danique wrote: "12%

But maybe (view spoiler)[Noah actually is. I've got such weird feeling reading this. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Danique wrote: "13%

At that point I was lost in the story. (view spoiler)[ It seems like there's a part missing, that the POV's don't link to each other. And then you have Whelk. Could he have killed Czerny? I'm now at the point where Blue and Adam have met. (hide spoiler)]

[Danique]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Danique wrote: "12%

But maybe [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Oeh, interesting! (hide spoiler)]

[Danique]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Danique wrote: "13%

At that point I was lost in the story. [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Yeah, I agree. Something just feels off about the POV's.
I still don't like Whelk lol, but interesting theory again! (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

I'm up to chapter 14 (I'm reading the Dutch translation, so I don't know if the capters match the English translation.
Thoughts so far:
(view spoiler)[Blue and Adam met. For some reason I had the feeling that it was Gansey she needed to meet. She saw him on Sint - Marten's night, so I thought this would be obvious. But Gansey was apparently President Mobile. Why would Blue give the name of her friend on the bill, instead of her's? I wonder if Blue will give Gansey's journal back? I don't know she knows it's his. There was a ritual with Czerny and Whelk, but Czerny died in it. Was he killed or was it an accident? Then we have Adam: I guess he's not rich, because Gansey couldn't find his house and I think Adam's father is hitting him. I've got the feeling that Gansey needs to look after his friends, the need to keep the pack together, but why? He feels so responsible for them, the most for Ronan. What was that with the triple reading? It was Whelk who wanted a reading and I think Gansey and his friends should watch out for him. Maybe he's up to no good. There was that final card who came back 3 times: the knight of pentacles (I don't know if I translate it right). Maybe it stands for Gansey and his friends, Whelck and maybe Blue joins the search too, maybe out of curiousity, because she found the diary, all in search for Glendower. The Page of Cups stands for love or reconciliation and Maura said that that is Blue's card. Maybe she'll play that role. (hide spoiler)]

What do you think of all of this?

[Danique]

(view spoiler)[ Some of these things will reveal itself, so I don’t want to spoil anything :) Adam is indeed not rich, not like the others at least. Gansey is weirdly obsessed with keeping the pack together indeed, I have no clue why..
Whelk gives me the creeps too, he just feels off.
I feel like you’re making some good predictions hehe (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Danique wrote: "47%
I'm now at chapter 22. I think the thing with Neeve is (view spoiler)[that she's into dark magic. That was just scary what she did within the pentagram and I wonder why she did it. Also, I'm confused since the very beginning of the book: Blue's true love will die if she kisses him, but then she sees Gansey in the ghost world. I thought that he would be her true love, but then there's something going on between her and Adam; Confusing! I'm curious about the story behind Ronan and his father. What's the secret about that? (hide spoiler)]

[Danique]

(view spoiler)[ Yeah! The whole pentagram thing was really creepy! I thought the exact same thing about her and Gansey.. She really seems to like Adam though, maybe that’ll change? Yesss the secret will be announced in the next book and kinda at the end I believe! (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

I'm at chapter 25 or 26 in the forest and this is just creepy!

[Danique]

@Saar yes! There are so many creepy things idk😂

[Saar The Book owl]

Danique wrote: "100%

I've finished! (view spoiler)[ I can understand it about the last line. I don't know what it means either. It's so strange. I also think that Adam will not be the same anymore. The experience has scarred him in some way. I knew early that Noah was a ghost and that it had something to do with Whelk. I wonder what happened to Neeve after the ritual. I've got the feeling that it wasn't explained well enough. Also, I'm curious on what it will be between Gansey and Blue after that last vision and about the secret of Adam. I really liked the scene in Cabeswater where the trees started taling. I have the feeling, though, that I needed some more descriptions or that some scenes needed to be worked out a bit deeper. I'm looking forward to the next book! (hide spoiler)]

[Danique]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Danique wrote: "100%

I've finished! [spoilers removed]"

Yay! Did you like it? :) (view spoiler)[ The ending was so weird! Neeve completely disappeared indeed, but maybe it'll be explained more in the next one? I completely understand what you mean, in some things we were kinda left in the dark, so it'll be nice to get to know more about some things! (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

I definately liked it! Do you want to read the second book?

[Danique]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I definately liked it! Do you want to read the second book?"

I've already read it! But I would love to discuss it with you if you like :)

[Saar The Book owl]

I think I'm going to read it next month. May be we can ask for a BR and see who'll join too?

[Danique]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I think I'm going to read it next month. May be we can ask for a BR and see who'll join too?"

Yeah sure! What date do you want?

[Saar The Book owl]

September 1st maybe?

[Danique]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "September 1st maybe?"

Sure! Will you request the thread?

[Saar The Book owl]

Okay :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting November 26th 2020. Happy Reading ☺

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[Lily]

I started this yesterday and I'm already loving it so far. The characters are cool but pretty realistic personality wise. Only 10% through but already seems like I'm going to love this book.

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

I'll join in on this one, if that's okay?

[Lily]

Trisha wrote: "I'll join in on this one, if that's okay?"

That's fine with me.

[Lily]

I didn't get much reading in today so I'll probably post tomorrow.

[Tayane]

I'll try to start this one tomorrow.

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

I'm starting now!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

So, I found the first 30% or so of this book really boring, but now I'm up to 67%, and I'm really invested right now (view spoiler)[Noah is Czerny!??!?! I knew he wasn't alive, or at least that something was wrong with him, but not that he was Czerny. I also think that that car belonged to Whelk, and all of them are somehow connected, which is obvious I know.
Also, I really hope this isn't a love triangle or something.....I'm guessing it might be more along the lines of facing some impossible choice, and Gansey asking Blue to kiss him for something like that. I also thought that Gansey might die because of a sting, but it seems not. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

100%
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"“I guess now would be a good time to tell you,” he said. “I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.”"

I still don't completely understand what that is supposed to mean. Does that mean that he conjured Chainsaw or something?(view spoiler)[Other thoughts, I liked this, but it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. I wasn't really eager to read this, but I liked it, and I'm going to read the next ones. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Also, 100%(view spoiler)[Who was the love interest in the end? I was really confused about the relationships, though that might be because I was expecting a romance, in fact multiple romances, but it was just confusing. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Would you guys want to read the next one as well?

[Tayane]

I'm laaaaate, but I'll be starting it tonight or tomorrow xD

[Tayane]

Trisha wrote: "Would you guys want to read the next one as well?"

I haven't even started this one yet hahaha but I'm currently spending some time at my mother's house and I didn't bring the second one with me, so I won't be reading it until next year xD

[Tayane]

Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ It was interesting having these two first chapters from different points of view. I'm curious to know if Gansey is Blue's true love or if she's going to kill him, but I'm betting on the first option (or maybe both considering she's "cursed"?? haha). I feel like I'm really going to like this one. (hide spoiler)]

[Tayane]

Chapter 15 (view spoiler)[ I wonder how Blue didn't recognize Gansey at Nino's whe he talked to her, didn't she saw his face when she talked to his spirit? That's kinda odd. I didn't know much about this book before starting it, so everything so far is really surprising me. I like the writing and the way the story is going is catching my attention, I'm curious to know what's going to happen. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Tayane wrote: "Chapter 2 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Yeah, that was really confusing....I was leaning towards both, since that's what the synopsis seemed to suggest.
I hope you like it too! (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Tayane wrote: "Chapter 15 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I didn't notice that! That's actually concerning, I thought the spirit she saw had clear features, if I remember right, so why didn't she recognise him? (hide spoiler)]

[Tayane]

Chapter 26 (view spoiler)[ It's getting more interesting now that Blue joined them. It's kinda slow, but I like it because we get to know the characters better, though Noah and Ronan are stilk kind of a mystery. I don't know if I trust Adam that much, his vision in the tree was really weird, and I wonder if he will try to kill Gansey because of Blue (maybe that's why her kiss is cursed, because Adam will be jealous??). I don't know, but I'm curious to find out. Also, that Mustang probably belongs to Whelk. (hide spoiler)]

[Lily]

Tayane wrote: "Chapter 26 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I definitely think the same about the Mustang and I've loved the Noah twist. Ronan seems like an interesting character but unless he gets a lot more information about him in later books, he's going to be my least favorite character. (hide spoiler)]

[Lily]

91%. I've been really bad about updating on here.(view spoiler)[ I love Adam and Gansey so much! They're such interesting characters with great personalities and they're quickly making this book become a favorite of mine. Some of the ley line stuff seemed really confusing to me at first (like Gansey not dying because of Noah taking his place) but it's finally starting to make more sense. I think Blue is a very unique character that I don't see written often. Despite this, she doesn't really connect to me and I'm not really wanting her to succeed unlike some of the others. (hide spoiler)] Even though I'm a way through this book, I can't guess the ending which makes me very happy.

[Lily]

Trisha wrote: "Would you guys want to read the next one as well?"

I would like to read the next one with you. If you're interested, please DM me to set up the date.

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Tayane wrote: "Chapter 26 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I didn't exactly come to this theory like you, but there was a feeling at the back of my mind that Adam might be the cause of Gansey's death, because of jealousy, like you said. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Lily wrote: "Tayane wrote: "Chapter 26 [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Yeah, him not having a perspective results in me not being able to understand him that well, but I think the next one does have his perspective. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Lily wrote: "91%. I've been really bad about updating on here.[spoilers removed] Even though I'm a way through this book, I can't guess the ending which makes me very happy."

(view spoiler)[Yeah, this book was pretty confusing at first, and I had to let go of trying to understand everything and just watching it like a movie, and that really improved my experience. (hide spoiler)]

[Tayane]

Trisha wrote: "So, I found the first 30% or so of this book really boring, but now I'm up to 67%, and I'm really invested right now Noah is Czerny!??!?! I knew he wasn't alive, or at least that something was wron..."

(view spoiler)[ Noah being Czerny also surprised me, I wasn't expecting that. And I also thought the car was Whelk's, but it was actually Noah's, which also makes sense. (hide spoiler)]

[Tayane]

Trisha wrote: "100%
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Yeah, I believe he literally meant he took Chainsaw out of his drems, which would make sense with the title of the next book (and hopefully with that we'll get to know Ronan a little better). (hide spoiler)]

[Tayane]

Trisha wrote: "Also, 100%[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I think Gansey is her true love, but it will take some time for them to get together. I actually really liked that there wasn't really a romance in this book, just hints of something that might happen. I enjoy some well built slow burn romance hahaha (hide spoiler)]