Every thought I had while reading THE RAVEN BOYS! || It's finally happening!!! | Book Club June 2024
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I couldn't wait for your opinion!
Next books in the series are much better, with the third one being probably my favourite.
I understand your feeling of being lost in that second update, that's how I feel too. Also, I loved their apartment! (the vibe of an old factory) I hated Ronan's brother until some point, and then suddenly everything was understandable. / Our Polish soft cover was edited so we only had the raven, not boys (but look up the hardcover versions from last year! They're so pretty [Polish tittle: Król Kruków ] ).
Yes, Adam is really adorable! I love his character.
As for Noah - yeah, that feet soo exciting to realise at that point. (I think it was on purpose, to make the reader satisfied that they figured that out. I love when authors do that). I must admit that at thiat point I flipped at the end and confirmed my suspicion. (At this point I'm asking myself if I'm not gaslighting myself with that memory? Maybe I read that ending first, before I realised that about Noah? But it definitely was the reason I continued despite some slower parts).
My thoughts were very similar about the povs, but I promise it gets better in next books.
No, don't worry about Adam. :)
It will be fine :)
Gansey plot line was imo the best (well, it's the main focus of the series).
Ronan's bird is really cute! Don't worry about it too!
Oh I love your guesses, especially knowing what will happen.
[Maybe you're allergic to the shampoo they use? Ask if you can bring your own shampoo next time?]
I think that's rating is fair! It had its downsides, and could be much better if done a bit differently.
I think it was written to be quite predictable. At least the first book. Like I said, the third one was probably the best from the whole series.
Please, please try the next book and tell us what you think!
(I love your guesses at the end too, haha)
Romance in the whole series feels very normal. Both the Blue's romance, and the other one (I won't spoil what I mean).
My favourite character from later books: probably Blue's dad, but he was much different that I expected. And her aunt? I think? I don't exactly remember if I'm thinking about the correct character.
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Both my LL came, but I'm reading the God and The Gumiho now, and it's super great (reads like a fanfiction / coffee shop AU / but it's great. I have stayed all night tonight, and I had only 80 pages left, but I couldn't think anymore and needed to go to sleep to be able to wake up to church at 6 pm.). My Owlcrate's Of Jade and Dragons was shipped from America, but I have no idea how long it will take it to come here. And I'm trying to get my hands on Fairyloot's August YA, because I'm very excited for that book too (currently talking with someone to get it, and I really hope i'm not being scammed).
Omg... Those Polish Covers are LITERALLY STUNNING!!!! I'm so jealous! They're gorgeous!
Okay okay okay you've convinced me to keep trying to read them lol.
The God and the Gumiho is SUPER high on my list of books to read. It looks sooo good.
Great to see you back in a new vlog 🤗🤗 I do like The Raven Boys ❤
I love Maggies YA "Shiver" werewolf series. The Raven Boys i gotta check out. 📚🥤
i remember back when i first read the book, i also felt the same about the different perspectives. i mostly enjoyed Blue's, and the boys i was just sorta meh about. the scene at the pizza place also had me cracking up so much!
my sister was the one that introduced the series to me. i wasn't much of a reader but my sister wanted someone to talk to in person about the series so i gave it a try. the first book was a 3ish to me as well, and when i tried reading the next book i was so meh that i really only made it through the first 13 chapters, put it down one day, and never picked it back up lmao
but again, i wasn't much of a reader. maybe now that im much more into reading i'll give the series a second chance.
That has me worried that I won't enjoy the second book either lol. Let me know if you end up trying to read the rest of the series again.
That pizza place scene was legit so funny and I wanted the rest of the book to have more fun moments like that
I gave this a generous 3 and do not plan on reading the rest of the series. If I read this as a teen maybe I would have liked it more? The boys chapters were boring and annoying. The plot was so vague all I kept thinking was “what is the point of this book?!” Also, not sure if I was so bored that I missed it but why did they want to find the landlines so badly and why did that psycho want to find it as well? It would have made more sense if they were looking for it to help find that kids murderer and Blu was helping out because her family are all psychic but when they don’t explain the point of it all very well it’s really frustrating. The fact that they were all hanging out with a ghost all that time and were clueless? 😑
I just kept waiting and thought it would all come out in the end but there wasn’t any satisfaction when it was over other than being thankful I can read a new book.
Knowing this series was well loved by many I fully expected to love it. Nope
I'm so torn about whether I want to read the next book or not. I keep changing my mind.
Basically they wanted to find the leylines because you're supposed to get like crazy power to change things. So the crazy guy wanted to change his bad fortune and Gansey felt connected to the dead guy he was trying to find. It was all very strange.
Hello Kimberly, hope you are doing well 😊
I had very similar experience reading this book, it had me lost for concentration more than once.
I almost thought I had slept through some parts and found myself suddenly awake not knowing what is going on. Moreover because I was listening it on audio, which I wouldn’t recommend because mainly the narrator sucks 😒. It is this very masculine voice trying to imitate young boys and don’t get me even started on female perspectives, that was terrible 😣. It’s not book’s fault so I will not be degrading my star rating over it, although it sucked big time.
My favorite characters are definitely Blue and Gansey, especially Gansey 😊 I somehow had no love for Adam, I found him fishy from the start. I also very much liked Ronan as a character because I find him interesting and there is a lot to unpack right there.
But considering characters I also have a slight advantage because of the following books I already read, I am currently on book 4.
I am enjoying the story and how young it feels, it gives very nostalgic and serene moments as well as anticipation for what is to come next.
I like to rate the books I read mainly on my overall enjoyment, and I can say, still don’t understand everything but I am certainly hungry for more.
That said my star rating is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I actually tried listening to the audio for about 3 seconds and said "Nope." and physically read it haha. The narrator really was horrible. I love how we read the same book and had totally different takes on the characters lol.
I generally liked the whole series, but the middle always dragged a bit for me. nothing much happened the whole book and then the final 100 pages were sooo good and made me want to read the next book lol (i did read them around the time the last book came out so it's been a while)
Yes! I just felt so bored and then the ending was like WOAH!!!
Was going to try to read this for your book club but I’m not sure now because the problems you had I remember having when I tried to read it before I didn’t get the hype
I wouldn't bother if you've already tried it at one point. Totally not worth it
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Where did you get the book shelf? I want one that goes over my bed
So they're a set from IKEA and you need the two side shelves to anchor the over-the-bed shelf
Love this room of yours (where you open the video in)!!
Oh man I read this book a couple of years ago. And I agree with you! I found the boys kinda annoying. And while I didn’t hate it I decided not to continue the series. I tend to like multi pov but I think I agree with you on keeping blue and then next books introduce more. And yes it was both super predictable but also incomplete.
Re greasy hair. You have naturally straight hair right? That tends to just be greasier as a given (my husband has pin straight hair and struggles with the greasy) but if you cut it it could possibly feel extra greasy cuz before the oils would coat more hair. But now there is less so it accumulates over less area. I’m explaining this horribly I hope you get me. (I have long curly hair and it’s almost impossible for it to get greasy (unless I have a lot of product) lol)
I'm glad it seems that most people also found the boys POV to be really annoying.
Yes! My hair is pin straight and I always have issues with greasy hair after 24 hours. It's so annoying. My bestie has super curly hair and washes it like once a week because it never gets greasy. I'm so jealous of you curly haired people. And I totally understood your explanation lol