I finished reading The Raven Boys! That went unexpectedly quickly considering I started it in the first week of classes before I was settled into my work loads. At first I was hesitant to say that I really liked it but I really liked it.
While recommending it, my writing group had said that it was mostly character work, without too much plot. I kind of disagree. There’s a lot of character work for sure, but there’s also a really interesting and engaging plot. The magical elements are unique and well described, not at all a pain to get through. Admittedly, there’s perhaps not too much action, so in a sense it resembles contemporary realistic fiction because most of what happens is pushed forward by character interactions. But stuff does happen. Good stuff.
I think I liked it so much specifically because it had an intriguing plot while also weaving the story with beautiful prose and just really quotable lines. One of my favorite books is still Legend by Marie Lu because of this. I read it in sixth grade and I loved that it was intense in action and in beauty. I wanted to read more of that. And I wanted to write like that.
So needless to say, I immediately purchased the second book in The Raven Cycle series.
Some good quotes:
“When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.”
“My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.”
“Maura had decided sometime before Blue's birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so Blue had grown up surrounded by imperative question marks.”
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