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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
This was an odd story. I think it tried a little too hard to conceal certain plot points to make the big revel climax have more impact. I'm not sure what I thought, besides the last third was the most interesting and complex and felt that plot line should have started earlier and been developed more. Overall I'm intrigued and look forward to the next book.
Thank you Net Galley for providing me with the ebook and for allowing me to have the opportunity to read this book
Oh my god. I'm baffled. I enjoyed every minute of The Graces and I feel a book hangover coming on. Let's hope I don't embrace it and start the next one :)
The Graces is told in the perspective of a River Page, who is new in town, and is attracted to the Grace family, as everyone in town is. Rumours of witchcraft surrounds the entire family. River was more of a wallflower, until she was noticed by the Graces. Her life turns around and she seems to be really enjoying herself. Until a bunch of other stuff happen.
The book is quotable (which I LOVE), I did NOT see that ending come, and I liked the character development.
I was confused with which memory was true, Fenrin's or River's. I'm going to guess that Fen's was true, but I don't think River would have wanted to kill Wolf to the extent.
Wolf and Fen. I did see that coming actually. I had the feeling that he had something to do with either Summer or Fenrin. I didn't really think too much about Thalia.
River's small obsession with Fen wasn't actually all that bad. Unless Fen's memory was true. It was a crush. And sometimes when crushes happen, people do stupid things. Love makes one do crazy things, but sometimes infatuation does worse.
River being some kind of witch-ish is something I should have seen coming, but didn't. I guess I just believed that it was the influence of the Graces, and then when Wolf died my confusion started to bud.
River and Summer's friendship was kind of goals. I mean it probably would have been a lot better if River was upfront about everything, but everything turned out meh. River's relationship with the Graces will never be as lighthearted as it was before.
I honestly believe that everyone can have dark thoughts. Everyone may wish for someone to die, but as a brief thought until maybe the sorrow of wishing for one's death arrives. River was stuck with this curse that allowed her wishes and feelings to come alive and sometimes it caused things that she never wished for.
Oh my god. I'm baffled. I enjoyed every minute of The Graces and I feel a book hangover coming on. Let's hope I don't embrace it and start the next one :)
The Graces is told in the perspective of a River Page, who is new in town, and is attracted to the Grace family, as everyone in town is. Rumours of witchcraft surrounds the entire family. River was more of a wallflower, until she was noticed by the Graces. Her life turns around and she seems to be really enjoying herself. Until a bunch of other stuff happen.
The book is quotable (which I LOVE), I did NOT see that ending come, and I liked the character development.
I was confused with which memory was true, Fenrin's or River's. I'm going to guess that Fen's was true, but I don't think River would have wanted to kill Wolf to the extent.
Wolf and Fen. I did see that coming actually. I had the feeling that he had something to do with either Summer or Fenrin. I didn't really think too much about Thalia.
River's small obsession with Fen wasn't actually all that bad. Unless Fen's memory was true. It was a crush. And sometimes when crushes happen, people do stupid things. Love makes one do crazy things, but sometimes infatuation does worse.
River being some kind of witch-ish is something I should have seen coming, but didn't. I guess I just believed that it was the influence of the Graces, and then when Wolf died my confusion started to bud.
River and Summer's friendship was kind of goals. I mean it probably would have been a lot better if River was upfront about everything, but everything turned out meh. River's relationship with the Graces will never be as lighthearted as it was before.
I honestly believe that everyone can have dark thoughts. Everyone may wish for someone to die, but as a brief thought until maybe the sorrow of wishing for one's death arrives. River was stuck with this curse that allowed her wishes and feelings to come alive and sometimes it caused things that she never wished for.
Review:
I’ll take the blame myself for this one. I’ve got to stop reading the reviews that say “this book is for fans of ‘insert favorite book here’ and ‘insert favorite tv show here’!” because IT IS NEVER TRUE. (In case you were wondering, The Graces is apparently a perfect mix of We Were Liars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Even books that I really enjoy are never exactly the way they’re advertised when they’re marketed like that. So that’s a part of why I didn’t finish this book. But the biggest reason is...
British books that I didn’t realize were British confuse me. I’ll be reading, feeling like maybe I’m getting into a groove, and then all the sudden they’re going out to pubs (in high school, too, which… isn’t a pub like a bar?) and eating beans on toast. And I’m just staring off into the distance like… what?
So, yeah. The Graces was not the book for me. I did not finish it, so I cannot say with any authority that it does not get a million times better after the beginning, but I’ve decided to leave it. Maybe you can finish it. Maybe you’ll love it. I hope you do.
Well Wishes & Candy Fishes,
Kait
I’ll take the blame myself for this one. I’ve got to stop reading the reviews that say “this book is for fans of ‘insert favorite book here’ and ‘insert favorite tv show here’!” because IT IS NEVER TRUE. (In case you were wondering, The Graces is apparently a perfect mix of We Were Liars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Even books that I really enjoy are never exactly the way they’re advertised when they’re marketed like that. So that’s a part of why I didn’t finish this book. But the biggest reason is...
British books that I didn’t realize were British confuse me. I’ll be reading, feeling like maybe I’m getting into a groove, and then all the sudden they’re going out to pubs (in high school, too, which… isn’t a pub like a bar?) and eating beans on toast. And I’m just staring off into the distance like… what?
So, yeah. The Graces was not the book for me. I did not finish it, so I cannot say with any authority that it does not get a million times better after the beginning, but I’ve decided to leave it. Maybe you can finish it. Maybe you’ll love it. I hope you do.
Well Wishes & Candy Fishes,
Kait
Well... that was much better than expected!!! It reminded me of We Were Liars crossed with The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. It was a twisting and very interesting plot and all of the characters were distinct to me. It was honestly really intriguing and wonderful!!
Teenage pining. Friendship. Witches. A cocktail that always keeps me interesting.
It’s kinda like Twilight met The Craft, more entertaining but definitely a love it or hate it kinda read in my opinion.
My real rating would be more like 3.5 stars, but I rounded up for Goodreads's purposes because it would tip the average a little closer to my ideal rating.
This book is not initially as magical as one might anticipate. In fact, most of the first two thirds of the book remains fairly mundane. It isn't until part two where the magic really starts to come out, which is sort of a pity because that second part is, by far, the better part of the book. I actually think the book suffers from the first part being too long. The first part is lengthy and, while it builds character relationships fairly well, it makes the book feel more like it's about economic class differences and unbalanced relationships than magic. Maybe that was the goal. I'm not sure. But it felt way too long.
The other thing that I found unsettling about this book is that there's never any sense of happiness in the book. Not one moment feels truly joyful. The whole book has this feel of an overcast day - not necessarily raining, but without any sunlight. It's an interesting thing, to be sure, but it's not particularly fun to read for any length of time. It felt like you were always waiting for that final penny to drop and, when it eventually did in part two, it was a relief.
I got interesting hints of the Great Gatsby, the Grace family and their relationships being similar to how the public treats Gatsby and his parties, and Bridge to Terabithia from this book, with the friendship with the class difference and the sense that the magic both was and wasn't real, as well as Twilight from the way that the Grace family is constantly described as being surreal and beautiful much like the Cullens. It was an interesting combination of things.
I didn't love the book, but I do feel like I want to read on to see what happens. The second part was far more satisfying, despite the unreliable narrator who I distrusted from the jump because of the unhealthy basis of her friendship with the Graces, so I'm optimistic that later installations won't suffer from the now aired secret revealed in the final chapters.
This book is not initially as magical as one might anticipate. In fact, most of the first two thirds of the book remains fairly mundane. It isn't until part two where the magic really starts to come out, which is sort of a pity because that second part is, by far, the better part of the book. I actually think the book suffers from the first part being too long. The first part is lengthy and, while it builds character relationships fairly well, it makes the book feel more like it's about economic class differences and unbalanced relationships than magic. Maybe that was the goal. I'm not sure. But it felt way too long.
The other thing that I found unsettling about this book is that there's never any sense of happiness in the book. Not one moment feels truly joyful. The whole book has this feel of an overcast day - not necessarily raining, but without any sunlight. It's an interesting thing, to be sure, but it's not particularly fun to read for any length of time. It felt like you were always waiting for that final penny to drop and, when it eventually did in part two, it was a relief.
I got interesting hints of the Great Gatsby, the Grace family and their relationships being similar to how the public treats Gatsby and his parties, and Bridge to Terabithia from this book, with the friendship with the class difference and the sense that the magic both was and wasn't real, as well as Twilight from the way that the Grace family is constantly described as being surreal and beautiful much like the Cullens. It was an interesting combination of things.
I didn't love the book, but I do feel like I want to read on to see what happens. The second part was far more satisfying, despite the unreliable narrator who I distrusted from the jump because of the unhealthy basis of her friendship with the Graces, so I'm optimistic that later installations won't suffer from the now aired secret revealed in the final chapters.
