A review by tibbarasden
The Diviners by Libba Bray

dark slow-paced

4.0

Five stars for vibes, but it just wasn't fully what I was expecting. I was expecting more of the murder mystery and the occult. It had that sprinkled throughout for sure, and definitely picked up the last hundred or so pages. However, it was slow paced and spent a lot of time on the speakeasy/party aspects. I did enjoy this as it painted a historical picture of NYC at the time, but I do wish the ratios had been reversed. There are also a lot of characters we are following, and sometimes it felt like some of them got left behind a bit, and the group never came together as I was hoping they would. I am looking forward to the rest of the series. I hope going forward the things I found lacking in this one become more prevalent.