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A review by tepidgirlsummer
The Diviners by Libba Bray
3.0
Whoa.
When I was nineteen, I discovered and fell in love with the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Ever since then, hearing a new Libba Bray book is being released fills me with girlish glee.
You may have figured out I like the ’20s, so I was on the library waiting list back when the book was still on order. Flappers! Paranormal activity! Mystery! Manhattan! And Diviners was pretty good. The murders were nice and grisly, as any well-written murder should be. The cult was super creepy. And though Evie is technically the lead main character, Bray provides a variety of protagonists from very different backgrounds with special powers who all happen to converge on Manhattan around the same time.
The only thing keeping this from four stars is how long it took me to get to the point where I was completely captivated. Much of the book seemed to be background information rather than action. The thing I loved about the Gemma Doyle trilogy was the depth each character had; Diviners seemed to lack that. Evie seemed like a stereotypical bright young thing with no interest inJericho , and suddenly she has feelings for him and we’re told that her good-time girl persona is, indeed, a persona. All this in the last forty or so pages.
I am very curious to see what will happen with the rest of the series now that the basic background info on each person has been established. I can’t picture Libba writing a dud, and this is just such an awesome concept with so many possibilities for each character.
When I was nineteen, I discovered and fell in love with the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Ever since then, hearing a new Libba Bray book is being released fills me with girlish glee.
You may have figured out I like the ’20s, so I was on the library waiting list back when the book was still on order. Flappers! Paranormal activity! Mystery! Manhattan! And Diviners was pretty good. The murders were nice and grisly, as any well-written murder should be. The cult was super creepy. And though Evie is technically the lead main character, Bray provides a variety of protagonists from very different backgrounds with special powers who all happen to converge on Manhattan around the same time.
The only thing keeping this from four stars is how long it took me to get to the point where I was completely captivated. Much of the book seemed to be background information rather than action. The thing I loved about the Gemma Doyle trilogy was the depth each character had; Diviners seemed to lack that. Evie seemed like a stereotypical bright young thing with no interest in
I am very curious to see what will happen with the rest of the series now that the basic background info on each person has been established. I can’t picture Libba writing a dud, and this is just such an awesome concept with so many possibilities for each character.