A highly engrossing read with wonderful language and complex characters. Stiefvater's Raven Boys is her best book yet!A highly engrossing read with wonderful language and complex characters. Stiefvater's Raven Boys is her best book yet!...more
2020 thoughts: I have read The Scorpio Races perhaps more than any other Stiefvater book and every single time, I get something new out of it. There is2020 thoughts: I have read The Scorpio Races perhaps more than any other Stiefvater book and every single time, I get something new out of it. There is a palpable sense of mood in this book that make it one of the most immersive reading experiences I've ever had. Every single thing present in The Scorpio Races contributes to the bittersweet tone in a way that only Stiefvater can do.
This book is Stiefvater at her best (and I think she's pretty awesome). If you haven't read The Scorpio Races, I can't recommend it highly enough.
Initial 2015 Review: After finishing The Scorpio Races this morning, I spent a while thinking of other books whose setting is so vivid that it becomes a living entity in my mind. I can't think of one. The island of Thisby exists more clearly to me than I ever thought a setting could. It moves from being the backdrop of a story, to being part of one. To me, this is Stiefvater's subtlest read. There is a clear conflict, but that seems less important than the relationships between the characters and this rocky island they call home. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to get swept up in a world distinctly different, yet also remarkably similar, to your own....more
I don't know how to review a book that I have loved for nine years. When I first read City of Bones in 2009, this book completely dazzled me and shapeI don't know how to review a book that I have loved for nine years. When I first read City of Bones in 2009, this book completely dazzled me and shaped my expectations of what makes a great YA series.
Is it perfect? No. But it's a book with heart, amazing characters, and sarcastic one-liners. It's a book that I somehow manage to love just as much now as I did when I first read it. ...more
Graceling is a book that I have loved so deeply and for so long that there's just no way I could ever write an objective review about it. I read this Graceling is a book that I have loved so deeply and for so long that there's just no way I could ever write an objective review about it. I read this book over and over as a teen and it's deeply shaped the type of fantasy novels I find myself drawn to the most. Katsa and Po are two of my all-time favorite characters -- each is strong in their own way without being annoyingly perfect.
This is a YA fantasy classic for a reason and if you haven't read it -- or like me, it's been a while -- I highly recommend giving Graceling a try.
A quick, gripping read with a wonderful narrative voice. A few parts of the plot were a little predictable but the great characters and writing style A quick, gripping read with a wonderful narrative voice. A few parts of the plot were a little predictable but the great characters and writing style more than made up for this. ...more
Original 2014 review: Perhaps the best book I have read this year. Bardugo writes a page-turner that takes place in a wonderfully complex and imaginatiOriginal 2014 review: Perhaps the best book I have read this year. Bardugo writes a page-turner that takes place in a wonderfully complex and imaginative fantasy world. I love the characters of Mal, Alina, and the Darkling -- all of which were complex -- and I can't wait to read the next book in the series....more
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