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A review by miffyf
The Diviners by Libba Bray
4.0
I wonder how much listening to an audiobook affects your enjoyment of a book?
I felt that this was wayyyyyyy too long and needed some judicious editing. Repetitive names - writing 'Evie O'Neill' instead of just 'Evie' - repetitive clues, and repetitive readings of the Book of the Brethren meant that it seemed to take forever to get to the conclusion. That said - OMG!!! What an ending! and yet...as the first of a series the last couple of chapters felt like a set up for the next book, rather than a conclusion to The Diviners story.
The characterisation is good, the plot is convoluted and tricky, the setting divine and the story idea is excellent. Some parts of the story had me shouting at the cd player - melodrama style. "Noooo. Don't go in there!" and "He's behind you!", and the conclusion of the main plot line had me on the edge of my seat!
It's always tricky listening to an audiobook in the car. Sometime I drive for miles and suddenly 'wake up' three suburbs from where I was last paying attention. At certain points in the story this is one of those mesmerising books.
Not for the faint-hearted.
I felt that this was wayyyyyyy too long and needed some judicious editing. Repetitive names - writing 'Evie O'Neill' instead of just 'Evie' - repetitive clues, and repetitive readings of the Book of the Brethren meant that it seemed to take forever to get to the conclusion. That said - OMG!!! What an ending! and yet...as the first of a series the last couple of chapters felt like a set up for the next book, rather than a conclusion to The Diviners story.
The characterisation is good, the plot is convoluted and tricky, the setting divine and the story idea is excellent. Some parts of the story had me shouting at the cd player - melodrama style. "Noooo. Don't go in there!" and "He's behind you!", and the conclusion of the main plot line had me on the edge of my seat!
It's always tricky listening to an audiobook in the car. Sometime I drive for miles and suddenly 'wake up' three suburbs from where I was last paying attention. At certain points in the story this is one of those mesmerising books.
Not for the faint-hearted.