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isahart7's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted this book to be better. I wanted this to be a great Craft-Heathersesque book. But it wasn't. I constantly felt like the main character was unreliable. I wanted more witchcraft. But it just fell short. Also I had a lot more questions then answers which was frustrating.
_lost_in_wonderland_'s review against another edition
2.0
don't think i'll be reading any of my mam's recommendations for a while after two in a row not hitting (the crooked tree was the other one, i was expecting this to be better)
pachypedia's review against another edition
3.0
Partiendo de una premisa interesante, la verdad es que el libro se me ha hecho un poco aburrido. Le falta cierta chispa a la historia y a los personajes.
hmbb99's review against another edition
2.0
A prestigious private girl's school, four young students, and a school's history of witchcraft, this story has all this, yet still misses the mark. I enjoyed the story of the girls' friendship, which was riddled with jealousy, anger, and love, and I enjoyed the witchcraft aspects. I thought the story was muddled by the extraneous references to art and art theory. It made the story difficult to follow, almost as if you had to be an art expert to relate the art history to the plot. The story often jumped in time without any indication that time had passed, making me have to reread passages to figure out what was happening and when. I had high hopes for this book but was left feeling less than satisfied when it was done.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book. The opinions are my own.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book. The opinions are my own.
betwixt_the_pages's review against another edition
3.0
Rating: 3.5/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: poetic, lyrical prose; characters that felt a bit "doll-like" or indecisive, flighty, wishy-washy; I feel like certain motivations were lacking, or totally unclear; WHY?!
I'm going to be honest, Penguins--this is the second time I'm writing this review, because I forgot to hit CTRL+C on my original version and lost it due to a time-out of the webpage. UUUUUGH. Let's see if I can remember the gist of my points, and maybe make myself a little more clear than I was the first go-round, shall we? This is going to be a shorter review for me, for reasons you'll find below.
The prose in this book is absolutely BREATHTAKING. Poetic, lyrical, atmospheric. Oftentimes, just reading through the pages, I found myself in awe of Katie Lowe's knack for taking a simple sentence and making it into something stunning. The author weaved this from the finest silks of words, each row effortless and without tangles. Her characters, on the other hand, felt little more than shells of people. I say this because I felt like they were lacking in motivation. A lot of this story felt as if it was being written "on the fly" ; I didn't feel as if there were a point, a destination, toward which we were following these girls, but instead some nameless place unknown. Violet, especially, seemed more confused than anything. The few small moments where she followed her own mind or found her own voice, she followed up by being dragged along like a puppet behind the others. If the others weren't around to lead her, she flailed, and did things that were reckless and not what I would have anticipated. She seemed to flounder, a LOT--and that left me confused and unsure exactly who we were following, or how to feel about it. This, coupled with a feeling that these characters and their story needed a little more fleshing out, a little more skin and bones, made it very difficult for me to form any sort of connection.
As much as I enjoyed the journey merely because of the prose and how beautiful the sentences are, I left feeling vaguely disappointed, with no clear or discernible reasons as to why. On top of being unable to form a connection, I felt as if some of the circumstances that arose in these pages, had no real purpose even being there--as if, after writing the novel out, the author felt it lacked drama, and went back and added certain things in. Violet, especially, was as confusing a character as she was confused throughout her tale, thinking one thing and then turning around and doing the complete opposite. Still, Penguins.... The Furies is a read that will enrapture you, if you remember to bring a little magic to your mind while reading.
Quick Reasons: poetic, lyrical prose; characters that felt a bit "doll-like" or indecisive, flighty, wishy-washy; I feel like certain motivations were lacking, or totally unclear; WHY?!
I'm going to be honest, Penguins--this is the second time I'm writing this review, because I forgot to hit CTRL+C on my original version and lost it due to a time-out of the webpage. UUUUUGH. Let's see if I can remember the gist of my points, and maybe make myself a little more clear than I was the first go-round, shall we? This is going to be a shorter review for me, for reasons you'll find below.
"The fact of tragedy, then, is this: we're doomed to hurt the ones we love, faults amplified from fleeting thought to heinous crime. The deadly sins are just that--our furies turning fate, which in turn begets fury at our fallen condition: each the shadow of the other."
The prose in this book is absolutely BREATHTAKING. Poetic, lyrical, atmospheric. Oftentimes, just reading through the pages, I found myself in awe of Katie Lowe's knack for taking a simple sentence and making it into something stunning. The author weaved this from the finest silks of words, each row effortless and without tangles. Her characters, on the other hand, felt little more than shells of people. I say this because I felt like they were lacking in motivation. A lot of this story felt as if it was being written "on the fly" ; I didn't feel as if there were a point, a destination, toward which we were following these girls, but instead some nameless place unknown. Violet, especially, seemed more confused than anything. The few small moments where she followed her own mind or found her own voice, she followed up by being dragged along like a puppet behind the others. If the others weren't around to lead her, she flailed, and did things that were reckless and not what I would have anticipated. She seemed to flounder, a LOT--and that left me confused and unsure exactly who we were following, or how to feel about it. This, coupled with a feeling that these characters and their story needed a little more fleshing out, a little more skin and bones, made it very difficult for me to form any sort of connection.
Our hands left pastel prints in homage across the school: library books with green thumbs, a peach palm around a test tube, blue lips printed on coffee cups and one another's cheeks. The lesson, I suppose (Annabel, the art tutor, rarely leading us to an obvious conclusion--or any conclusion at all) was that the artist leaves her mark on everything she touches.
As much as I enjoyed the journey merely because of the prose and how beautiful the sentences are, I left feeling vaguely disappointed, with no clear or discernible reasons as to why. On top of being unable to form a connection, I felt as if some of the circumstances that arose in these pages, had no real purpose even being there--as if, after writing the novel out, the author felt it lacked drama, and went back and added certain things in. Violet, especially, was as confusing a character as she was confused throughout her tale, thinking one thing and then turning around and doing the complete opposite. Still, Penguins.... The Furies is a read that will enrapture you, if you remember to bring a little magic to your mind while reading.
ettaenni's review against another edition
3.0
Jumalten verta suonissamme on kuvaus neljästä elämänjanoisesta teinitytöstä, joiden ympärille tuntuu kietoutuvan väkivallan ja kuoleman peitto. Tapahtumat kerrotaan takaumana Violetin näkökulmasta. Violet saapuu tyttöjen sisäoppilaitokseen yksinäisenä ja ulkopuolisena, kunnes tutustuu hurjaan ja karismaattiseen Robiniin sekä tämän kahteen ystävään. Violet haluaa paikoin jopa epätoivoisesti kuulua porukkaan ja on loppujen lopuksi valmis tekemään mitä vain todistaakseen sen.
Kirja kietoutuu noitavainojen, okkultismin ja taikuuden ympärille samaan aikaan hienovaraisesti ja vahvasti. Tytöt alkavat uskoa taikuuteen ja sen suomin oikeuksin jakaa oikeutta pienessä kylässään. Kirjan kannatteleva teema on alussa kuvaillut kaksi kuolemantapausta: tyttö keinussa ja Emily Frostin mysteerinen kuolintapaus.
Kirja on tiivistunnelmainen ja kiehtova. Ite halusin ehdottomasti tietää miten tarina päättyy ja miten tytöille käy. Tää ei kuitenkaan ollut mikään kovin järisyttävä kirja. Mun tuli tästä vähän mieleen Eikä yksikään joka häneen uskoo, mutta parempana. Kirja alkaa kuolemalla ja kirjan edetessä kerrotaan, miten siihen on päädytty. Jumalten verta suonissamme on kuitenki hahmoiltaan, miljööltään ja juoneltaan kiinnostavampi.
Kirja kietoutuu noitavainojen, okkultismin ja taikuuden ympärille samaan aikaan hienovaraisesti ja vahvasti. Tytöt alkavat uskoa taikuuteen ja sen suomin oikeuksin jakaa oikeutta pienessä kylässään. Kirjan kannatteleva teema on alussa kuvaillut kaksi kuolemantapausta: tyttö keinussa ja Emily Frostin mysteerinen kuolintapaus.
Kirja on tiivistunnelmainen ja kiehtova. Ite halusin ehdottomasti tietää miten tarina päättyy ja miten tytöille käy. Tää ei kuitenkaan ollut mikään kovin järisyttävä kirja. Mun tuli tästä vähän mieleen Eikä yksikään joka häneen uskoo, mutta parempana. Kirja alkaa kuolemalla ja kirjan edetessä kerrotaan, miten siihen on päädytty. Jumalten verta suonissamme on kuitenki hahmoiltaan, miljööltään ja juoneltaan kiinnostavampi.
laurazdavidson's review against another edition
2.0
A girl is found dead, beautiful and perfect, on the swings at an exclusive private girls school... This should have been the opening to a great mystery novel. I was expecting The Craft; I was expecting a taut, intense thriller. I got neither. Very disappointed. There were so many opportunities here that were just squandered.
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like this more than I did. It started out promising, a boarding school for girls, a murder mystery, talks about witch craft and off things happen. It has all the things that I should enjoy reading about yet I didn't like it, wasn't exciting and by the end I just wanted to be done with the story and found a few issues with the book that I didn't like, for example drug use. I'm disappointed but this wasn't for me
griffonvagabond's review against another edition
3.0
This book took all the things I love and made me feel... nothing. I had no real connection to the characters. The writing was lovely but I wasn't absorbed. I still recommend the read because it was mildly enjoyable. I just, missed the connection to the characters. I'll go on to read more of this author's work but this book just didn't do it for me.