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csheehan72's review
5.0
What a crazy history. It's long, but a page turner and definitely worth the read. Will make you hate the British a bit.
sophiedonegan's review
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
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? It's complicated
5.0
One of those books that you can’t put down but also don’t want to end.
jedore's review
5.0
This was my first Leon Uris book and I am looking forward to reading more. Kind of reminds me of Michener, but a bit more intimacy with the characters. This book gives you insight into an especially turbulent period of Irish history...overwhelmingly sad.
cidimcdonald's review
5.0
From the very first page this book captivated me. I highly recommend this book.
emilygcotter's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
verob45500's review
4.0
A bookclub read. Learnt lots about Ireland and Ulster, very enlightening and at the same time made the whole Irish conflit more complicated. Funny read with MOD soppy sections meddled with great historical info on the history and facts of the conflict. Learnt lots from this and it makes it clearer how difficult an outcome is for Ireland. Recommended read for the historical facts.
mblanton174's review
5.0
Every person who claims to be "Irish" should read this book. It details the birth of the Irish Republic in ways that most people don't know and gives a real voice to the horrors of British rule in Ireland. You will get pissed at England for a while, just saying.
paqtesm's review
5.0
I first read this book when I was 12 years old. I re-read at least once a year and it is one of my 'comfort reads' I grab when I want to surround myself with interesting characters and times. Highly recommend to historical fiction fans. I even liked Redemption (a 'sequel'). I wish someone would make this into a movie.
pqlibrarian's review
5.0
This is one of my favorite books (one of the few I've kept to re-read if I ever get a chance). It was an intense story.
serena_dawn's review
4.0
Received Free for Read-for-Review (Facebook: Band of Dystopian Authors and Fans).
The Raven:
A glimpse into the chilling and broken mind of Michel Le Corbean, the Master of the Realms, who desires now to be newly called the Raven.
He fancies himself a artist in the way which Dr. Frankenstein must have thought his creation as science when it was a monster under the surface of stitching holding it together.
His history stretches into 1720's Paris, when his abusive father murdered his mother and we are told he killed his brother - all before a vampire named Andre de la Croix, a cleric, changes his victim into another vampire and the Raven flees to America.
Where he in the present day makes the Realms his home, and the people who dwell there call him Master, or Raven, at his pleasure - they include Tabitha, and Julian, and when he hopes to make another child of the night out of Natalie, mother of Angelica, wife of Alexander.
Yet when she instead dies at the hands of her husband, the Raven intends for Alexander to feel his vengeance.
Injustice :
Alexander Grimm finds himself imprisoned by the Raven, alternately starved or kept in the dark his fears for his daughter drive him to make a deal - a life for a life.
A deal with the Raven will change his life forever - he will serve the Raven as a death dealer, the Raven's creature which kill any who might threaten the Raven's power.
He will be trained as a killer for the Raven, to serve, and his daughter Angelica will live... but she will not be free and she will not be raised by Alexander or know him for her father.
Mr. Grimm :
It has been twenty years since Alexander Grimm became the Raven's hit-man, and it's business as usual until Mr. Grimm is called on to get rid of a witness that puts up no fight.
Judith and Julian, who have been with the Raven since the first story call upon Mr. Grimm for a meeting, with a deal of their own, because the Raven seems out of control within the Realms, having Mr. Grimm kill those who aren't a threat to him- like the witness.
It's a deal that calls for his death, and might result in the Raven's death as well, a rebellion in the Realms.
In the end either way, things won't be remaining the same...
The Raven:
A glimpse into the chilling and broken mind of Michel Le Corbean, the Master of the Realms, who desires now to be newly called the Raven.
He fancies himself a artist in the way which Dr. Frankenstein must have thought his creation as science when it was a monster under the surface of stitching holding it together.
His history stretches into 1720's Paris, when his abusive father murdered his mother and we are told he killed his brother - all before a vampire named Andre de la Croix, a cleric, changes his victim into another vampire and the Raven flees to America.
Where he in the present day makes the Realms his home, and the people who dwell there call him Master, or Raven, at his pleasure - they include Tabitha, and Julian, and when he hopes to make another child of the night out of Natalie, mother of Angelica, wife of Alexander.
Yet when she instead dies at the hands of her husband, the Raven intends for Alexander to feel his vengeance.
Injustice :
Alexander Grimm finds himself imprisoned by the Raven, alternately starved or kept in the dark his fears for his daughter drive him to make a deal - a life for a life.
A deal with the Raven will change his life forever - he will serve the Raven as a death dealer, the Raven's creature which kill any who might threaten the Raven's power.
He will be trained as a killer for the Raven, to serve, and his daughter Angelica will live... but she will not be free and she will not be raised by Alexander or know him for her father.
Mr. Grimm :
It has been twenty years since Alexander Grimm became the Raven's hit-man, and it's business as usual until Mr. Grimm is called on to get rid of a witness that puts up no fight.
Judith and Julian, who have been with the Raven since the first story call upon Mr. Grimm for a meeting, with a deal of their own, because the Raven seems out of control within the Realms, having Mr. Grimm kill those who aren't a threat to him- like the witness.
It's a deal that calls for his death, and might result in the Raven's death as well, a rebellion in the Realms.
In the end either way, things won't be remaining the same...