Wednesday, June 03, 2015

The Raven Boys

Made it fifty pages into this book before I bogged down. The writing style is reminiscent of a newspaper report and the author seems to lack any sense of tense for the verbs she uses making for reading discomfort. The subject matter is fantasy and ESP but the writing style serves to destroy the reader’s suspension of disbelief and therefore fails to draw one in .

I aver this book was severely edited and reissued since I last tried reading it.

How to describe The Raven Boys. The boys of the title attend a swank private school for boys. The book combines elements of teen romance, paranormal, murder mystery, fortunetelling, and even a ghost who seems almost live. Somehow the author pulls it all off and makes it seem plausible.

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