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nightlight9's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
bluebleeder2001's review against another edition
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
beccaj2180's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know what to say about this book, because something about Maggie Stiefvater's books leaves me speechless.
I know that last night as I was reading this, I wasn't in my room. I was in Southern Colorado, which is incidentally one of the coolest places I've ever been.
I also know that when it comes to world building - a term that is usually applied to fantasy worlds not our world - Maggie is the queen. I don't even know how she does it exactly. I just know that All the Crooked Saints and The Raven Boys had that in common in a way that I don't see often enough.
The only thing about this book that I noticed was that the character development that I also love had less time to ferment. Obviously this is because this book isn't part of a wider trilogy or quadrilogy or whatever (I'm assuming). Not that the characters weren't outstanding - because they totally were. I just think I could've lived in their world a little longer and not minded.
The depth of this story left me floundering last night, because I lived a whole life in that book and then came back down to earth. And if you couldn't tell, I read it in one sitting.
Anyway, I think I'm still processing, but this book was incredible, and I needed to say it.
I know that last night as I was reading this, I wasn't in my room. I was in Southern Colorado, which is incidentally one of the coolest places I've ever been.
I also know that when it comes to world building - a term that is usually applied to fantasy worlds not our world - Maggie is the queen. I don't even know how she does it exactly. I just know that All the Crooked Saints and The Raven Boys had that in common in a way that I don't see often enough.
The only thing about this book that I noticed was that the character development that I also love had less time to ferment. Obviously this is because this book isn't part of a wider trilogy or quadrilogy or whatever (I'm assuming). Not that the characters weren't outstanding - because they totally were. I just think I could've lived in their world a little longer and not minded.
The depth of this story left me floundering last night, because I lived a whole life in that book and then came back down to earth. And if you couldn't tell, I read it in one sitting.
Anyway, I think I'm still processing, but this book was incredible, and I needed to say it.
annie_bordeaux's review against another edition
3.0
the first half of this book is one of the most boring things I've ever read. it stayed boring tbh, but the writing was really unique (in a good way) and the concept was really good. there wasn't much dialogue or characterization which is probably what made me not like this too much, but I liked the concept enough to keep reading and I'm glad I did.
mousmoulo's review against another edition
every time i think about this book i am immediatelly overcome by a dreadful sense of complete and utter boredom. this is a very fancy way of saying that i don't give a single fuck about anything in this book and i haven't touched it in over 2 months, so off to the dnf pile it goes
smateer73's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. It is the perfect marriage of wistfulness and reality, of hope, Love, family, introspection, Mexican folklore, and magical realism. The characters will awaken a miracle in you just like the Saints in the book do. You will become hopelessly in love with impossible circumstances of your inner darkness given flesh, with a pirated radio station from the back of a box truck, with owls, and a family gifted with a power that comes from deep within. The storytelling if this book is fantastic. It is just so surreal that it is able to speak to reality, and so poignant that it will make you feel like your floating in their world, inside it and viewing it from the outside all at the same time. I absolutely loved every second of this book.
classiccarissa's review against another edition
3.0
Thought about DNFing quite a few times but ended up just using it as background noise. Much better written compared to something like Fourth Wing, but in terms of enjoyment of the actual content, I checked out mentally around the first two hours. Usually love this author, but I guess this book just wasn’t for me. In terms of a successful passion project, I would say this does what it sets out to do! I would personally say this counts as a modern magical realism novel, although I am shaky on the fact that it isn’t written by a Latin-American or Mexican-American author as tradition dictates. Is it then merely aping the genre? I don’t know. Other blogs and other reviews have reported back on that topic much more successfully than I could hope to! TLDR: this book fell flat for me, but in terms of craft, was well written.