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De Ravenjongens by Maggie Stiefvater

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xmy_wxldmxn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

uutopicaa's review against another edition

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3.0

Este es un libro para leer con paciencia. Me tomó varia semanas llegar a la mitad. Y en una sola noche leí todo lo que me faltaba porque me enganché por fin.

La saga promete mucho en sus futuras entregas. Algo me dice que los próximos libros van a ser mucho mejores que el primero. Una vez que el lector ya conoce a los personajes la trama se torna más atrapante.

Desde mi experiencia lectora, el libro tuvo un buen primer capítulo que me pareció interesante.

Luego se empezaron a mezclar un montón de escenas de personajes que no conocía ni identificaba por lo que apenas si entendí qué mierda ocurría. No me gustó el recurso. La novela saltaba de un lugar a otro, de un personaje a otro. Se hablaba de quién confiaba en quién. De la chica con la que tal salía. De los exámenes que tal otro tomaba. De lo que un profesor pensaba y demás. Se hablaba de un montón de cosas de personajes que, aunque fueran importantes para la trama, en vez de hacer avanzar la historia solo lanzaban datos que yo, como lectora, no podía hilar. No les veía la relevancia o la conexión con el resto porque todavía eso no estaba construido. Y es ahora, un día después de haber leído la novela, que noto que no recuerdo NADA de lo que ocurrió durante esos capítulos y que los tengo que releer para ver de quién me hablaba cada uno.

Y cuando por fin esas escenas sueltas de cada personaje comenzaron a acomodarse como piezas de un rompecabezas, me enganché porque pude saber quién era quién, cuál era su pasado y sus motivos. Pero a la autora eso le tomó casi 260 páginas de unas 450 que tiene mi edición. Creo que le sobró demasiado texto. O que debería haberse presentado todo de forma más ordenada.

Supongo que diría que me pareció una buena trama, aunque mal contada.

Obvio que es solo mi opinión y no una verdad universal. Todos tenemos gustos y percepciones diferentes.

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jan46's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

annashiv's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5 stars.

This book is a mess. Or maybe I just don't belong in Maggie Stiefvater's head. I don't understand her brain, I think. Or it just doesn't make sense. I dunno. Maybe I'm too old for YA books now. I just couldn't follow why characters were doing what they were doing or the magic, or the scenes, or the conversations. I dunno. I followed the story fine. I understood the words. It was just...messy.

Also, I didn't like the characters. They didn't make sense most of all. First, you got Blue, who knows she will kill her true love with a kiss, so she's supposedly determined at the beginning never to date boys or at least stay away from them. However, also in the beginning, she boldly states she is vain. She takes the first opportunity she has to join up with the boys. She says she wants to go along to find Glendower because she's never seen anything magical like the rest of her family, yet in the very first chapter she DOES see a spirit. She's observed to be practical, but I never got that feeling from anything she does. And that's just Blue. The other biggest offender is Adam.

I hated Adam. He's the worst. He's a contradiction because he doesn't want to take anything from his rich friends. He wants to get everything he has on his own. YET he wants to find Glendower to get everything he wants? How does that make sense. Also, his complete unwillingness to accept anything is infuriating. It doesn't make him honorable. It makes him proud and annoying. We're meant to feel sorry for him because of his dad, but sorry, I didn't. It might have just been the way he was written, but he was easily my least favorite character.

Then there's Gansey. I didn't like him either. He didn't seem real to me. He's described so oddly, I couldn't imagine him to be real.

So much of this story relies on coincidence.

Anyway. I didn't hate this book, despite all the problems I had with it. I liked the feeling of the setting. I didn't always jive with Maggie's writing, but she's good at settings and using descriptive words. She just tends to use very odd conversations and plots. And characters. Sometimes the writing really didn't jive with me. It was a little too quirky I think for my tastes. But I totally get why people like her books and even these characters. I liked Noah best. And there were some neat plot twists and reveals.

I just don't think it's for me. So, I won't be continuing this series most likely, which is unfortunate. I would have really loved to love this story. It had so much potential. There's just too much for me to overcome, I think.

kaulhilo's review against another edition

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4.0

this is the kind of book that makes me wish goodreads had a 4.5 star rating.
wow, impeccable. i didn't think i would like it, it was slow paced; but dear god, the idea of this book is so beautiful. also gansey is beautiful. and adam and ronan. and blue. really not sure about noah though sOZ but goddamn
there's no way this series can go well, not with gansey dying? unless he asks glendower to change his fate which could happen,, but blue saw him dead. im so sad. i just want gansey happy :(