Diviners Prophecy (Diviners Trilogy Book 1)

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The ones in the media books, TV shows, movies are literally the minority. So I am not just picking on the lovely Libba Bray who I admire so much as a writer, story teller and just as a person in general. I am a strong, accepting, level-headed Christian with friends of all religions and faiths and I love them for who they are and who they want to be just as they love me for who I am and who I am trying to be.

I love the Gemma Doyle series. I love this author. Libba Bray is who I aspire to be like. I need more people to read this so I can fan-girl with them. View all 24 comments. Dec 09, Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it did not like it. The heroine was intolerably stupid, annoying, attention-seeking, and inconsiderate. She grated on my nerves so badly, I can barely bring myself to read on.

The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) by Libba Bray

I find Libba Bray's writing style for this book completely unreadable. I have a strong suspicion she read a reference guide to using slang during the Flapper era and made it her personal goal to use as much speakeasy language as possible in every single spoken sentence. View all 18 comments. Vojsk rated it liked it. We are the Diviners. We have been and we will be. It is a power that comes from the great energy of the land and its people, a realm shared for a spell, for as long as is needed.

We see the dead. We speak to restless spirits. We walk in dreams. We read meaning from every held thing. The future unfolds for us like the navigators map, showing seas we have yet to travel. I had way too high expectations for this We are the Diviners. I had way too high expectations for this. But no, I could sleep, like always. At least not as much like I hoped to. Uncle Will has a museum - a museum full of haunted things and a little magic. Not shortly after Evie arrives in New York and lives a life full of party and new friends, a murderer starts to kill people. But not in a normal way, in a mysterious horrible way.

So, uncle Will, Jericho and Evie are helping to solve the murders and find the killer - but no one is safe and nothing is as it seems. It was way too slow and way too descriptive for my liking. I mean you know how much of the book was really scary? And not thaaaaaaat scary. Just a bit scary. Yes, she was too much. She felt like too much inside all the time. The main character Evie was a really intelligent and funny girl. She was full of life and wanted to experience everything she could.

To the people around her Evie was a bit superficial, she often thought very mean things about other people. Then there are other people like Sam, Theta, Marbel , Memphis. But they were nice side characters with their own story and own mind and I really liked that. He has a brilliant mind and was so freakin awesome all the time. I loved him and wanted him to be my uncle! That would mean crazy and brutally interesting family meetings. And then my cinnamon roll, my cutie pie, my dear bookworm - Jericho. Gosh, he was so interesting. He was this shy, quiet and intelligent boy who would treat you well but would never be mean to you.

And sometimes it was big - monsters, demons, murder and ghosts. Even though after so many pages I still have no clue what a diviner is and how this whole magic system works, I liked the idea of the world. Magic, ghosts, myths and rituals that can bring good and bad. It was pretty exciting. But you know what?

I really loved Memphis and Theta together. Those two were the cutest. And the way Henry took Theta in and cared for her was so heartbreaking and beautiful. I wish I had a friend like this. Also I shipped Jericho and Evie pretty hard. Even though I saw that some other men were also interested in her. First of all this book was really descriptive. Then there were so many POVs. I was so confused sometimes because the author jumped through the characters like crazy and sometimes I thought i was reading the POV from Evie but then it was someone different.

It was sooooo confusing. The author did some research. And that makes me really disappointed. Just a bunch of chess pieces moved about by unseen hands in a universe bored with itself. Jul 15, Chelsea chelseadolling reads rated it it was amazing Shelves: I love this book so damn much. I forgot how much of a crush I have on Theta. I listened to this on audiobook as a reread in preparation for Lair of Dreams and my review has shot up from a 4 to a 5 out of 5 stars.

I can't wait to read Lair of Dreams now.

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I am pos-i-tute-ly spooked! This book was so creepy. View all 5 comments. Jun 13, Raeleen Lemay marked it as dnf Shelves: I would feel really bad about about not finishing this if I weren't so overwhelmingly bored by it. In the beginning I was intrigued by the world, and I actually really liked Evie as a character. Perhaps someday I'll pick it up again, but I can't force mys I would feel really bad about about not finishing this if I weren't so overwhelmingly bored by it.

Also it took me 5 days just to read those pages. Mar 15, bran brandonthebookaddict rated it really liked it Shelves: Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones. I really enjoyed all the history and the different time period that came with the story and honestly, I was caught up with literally all the characters.

Don't get me wrong though. Evie O'Neil was the absolute worst and the most annoying character of them all. BUT , gal got me liking her more and more throughout the book. I honestly loooooooved the 's slang or lingo as you call it.

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The characters are around in this book, and they way they spoke back then actually made them sound 'older' and more 'mature' than most book characters of the 21st century. I get that it was the way they said or spoke things a certain way but, oh man, did I have a blast reading it all. I think I wanted the book to go in one direction and was expecting it to go that way, but it actually went into another direction that took me by surprise.

I actually started this book a couple years ago and put it down because I really wasn't into it. I thought it was kinda slow and boring. The mystery and murders do drag on a bit, and I wanted soooo much more of 'The-Diviners-Divining', if you get what I mean. Overall, I'm glad I finally finished this book; I am not disappointed at all. I have been proven very, very wrong.

Though it's marketed as historical paranormal, I'd classify The Diviners more as a nonstop, action-packed suspense novel. One thing's for sure: With gorgeous writing, compelling characters, and a creepy plot, The Diviners was so much fun. The people made idols and tore them down again, baptizing them in ticker tape parades, blessing them in long tears of profit and loss, throwaway tributes tossed with abandon from tall windows, a celebration of the good times that seem as if they will never stop, the land a fatted calf.

What stands out to me when I think about The Diviners is the atmosphere. It's hard to build an unputdownable book out of pages, but this book is so completely engaging. Despite the marketing, The Diviners is not a single pov novel - it follows a cast of characters, all with points of view. There's Evie , a flapper learning to grow up in New York City. Mabel , a loyal friend and source of future character development.

Memphis , a black teen trying to deal with his own guilt over his past and protect his brother Isaac. Theta , a kickass and brazen dancer. Henry , her kind piano player roommate and definitely not her boyfriend. Sam , a fuckboy and thief. And Jericho , a very grumpy and very guarded angel. And with all these characters comes a great deal of theme work. With an exploration of racism, generational splits, feminism, and religion, this book is so meaningful. I'm excited for the found family potential and for all the baited character development. A ton of characters, like Evie and Mabel, are clearly being set up for extensive character arcs.

Depending on how I feel about Lair of Dreams , this might very well turn out to be one of my most recommended books. Blog Goodreads Twitter Youtube This book irritated the crap out of me. I gave it 3 stars, but it hovers around the 2. While I enjoyed the story and it held my interest throughout, the cutesy vernacular made me insane and ruined it for me.

Evie said flapper was sent away from her fake Ohio town of Zenith to New York City, after a party game showing off her divining power a This book irritated the crap out of me. Evie said flapper was sent away from her fake Ohio town of Zenith to New York City, after a party game showing off her divining power angered the wrong people, to stay with her Uncle Will. But did she call him Uncle Will or just Will or just Uncle?

One of them, Memphis, is very likable. List of annoying words….. Jul 25, Maureen rated it liked it. This may be more of a 3. World building was great and plot was pretty alright as well. My main problems with this are problems that most people won't have, so don't hate me for it. Just sayin it's not gonna be what everyo This may be more of a 3. Just sayin it's not gonna be what everyone else thinks! I think it mostly had to do with the twisted version of the Bible and the really intense insane occult that was a pretty big part of plot events.

It was just a little too sacrilegious for me and while I realize that it's not poking at Christianity but rather a super twisted version of it, it felt like it was closer to it. Also felt a bit too close to something a real demon soz if u don't believe in this I do so it influences my opinion could actually do somehow? Probably none of that made sense and I might take it down later, but I think this might've just been a little too much for me.

Some people will love this and probably very few will have the issues I had, it's a personality and beliefs thing. Overall good but a bit too much in the scare department for me. It's an atmospheric book that throws you into the most wonderful time, it's filled with speakeasies, showgirls, prohibition, 20's slang and introduces you to such a colourful cast of characters. The main character Evie O'Neill has a special talent and is forever in trouble, always too big and too much 4.

The main character Evie O'Neill has a special talent and is forever in trouble, always too big and too much for her small town of Ohio. When her parents send her off to stay with her uncle, the owner of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult , she's estatic—because he lives in the big city, New York City.

But her secret talent has gotten her into more trouble than not, and she's determined to hide it from her uncle, not trusting his obsession with the weird and paranormal. Evie's an interesting character, by no means perfect. She hides behind her pos-i-tute-ly modern flapper persona, she's sometimes selfish but more often than not, completely hilarious. It was never hard to follow along, the author did such a beautiful job of giving them each unique and interesting dialects. Libba Bray did such a wonderful job of introducing the characters and setting the scene but left us with so many unanswered questions.

It was set up perfectly for the rest of the series, although I think it will be hard to top the antagonist character of this book, Naughty John. The murder mysteries were such an interesting plot point, they were done magnificently. Even though there wasn't much of a question of who did what, as there were chapters in the POV of the murder victims, it was interesting to unravel the reasons and meaning behind the ritualistic murders. This was such a unique book for me, as even the plot-light chapters had me captivated.

The wide range of characters made for never a dull moment. You were always discovering new things, and with the question of who possessed gifts and what were they? I switched between reading the book physically, and listening to the audiobook. January LaVoy, the narrator, was amazing and perfectly voiced each of the characters.

I was in love with the way she read the book, including the songs and chants she sang. I am complete trash for this book and am so ready to read the next two. I already know this will be a favourite series! It really is fantastic. It's one of those rare books that actually made me feel genuinely creeped out. Great characters, phenomenal atmosphere you can tell Libba Bray did a ton of research and just overall engaging story.

Full review to come. Nov 22, Erin rated it it was ok Shelves: I laugh every day about the fact that this is one of the first negative reviews on the page for this book. Not really sure how that happened. So yeah, this review is kind of a lightning rod for the comments of overly-committed fans who think that telling me I'm wrong based on something I wrote in is a good use of their time. Two stars is a shockingly low rating, I know. Here is a list I've composed, honestly expressing why I didn't enjoy this book. I'm guessing not all of my complaints will seem significant to you, so bear that in mind.

Right off the bat I have to admit that the biggest negative factor for me is the character of Naughty John. He was effectively creepy, scary, and haunting to read about, so I'm sure many of you will find him to be a positive factor-- but for me Ms. Bray crossed some line when she came up with him. I promise I'm not a person who gets all sensitive over weird spirituality in books -- I read all kinds of fantasy, and on a regular basis -- but as a Christian the level of demonic influences in this book was really hard to stomach.

Obviously this will not be an issue for a lot of readers, but I thought that element of the story went way too far. I no longer really give a care about religion sorry God , but if you do, this issue might still be significant for you. I do think it's interesting that Bray is so committed to stepping on Christians' toes, though. She was doing that back in the Gemma Doyle trilogy, and she does it here. Again, I don't really care anymore, but I do think it's a little weird that she's done that in multiple books.

Like, find a new way to piss off Christians already. Evie, the protagonist, was irritating and vapid. Part of this springs from another problem -- the amount of flapper slang clogging up the book was absolutely ridiculous and became annoying about 15 pages in. Her way of speaking wasn't helping matters, but I think I can honestly say that even if Evie hadn't been such a caricature of the 's I would have found her repulsive. She never demonstrated more than surface-level care for anyone other than herself, and constantly made the stupidest decisions it was possible to make.

The side characters seemed to consist as a list of stereotypes and basic personality traits, rather than being fleshed out and real. I had a hard time remembering who was who at times. This wasn't helped by the spastic POV switching, which disrupted the flow of the novel hugely and often transported me to the perspective of a character whose experiences were basically irrelevant to the larger plot. I couldn't sense the flavor of their relationships, so to speak, meaning the specific individual friendships between characters.

They all interacted with each other in basically the same way. Thus, at the end when a romance was squeezed into the plot, it came out of nowhere and only succeeded at making me feel really uncomfortable. Bray seems incapable of writing more than ten pages at a time without hitting the reader over the head with her own personal beliefs. Injecting your perspective into a story is virtually impossible, I know, but Bray does it more than most authors. I've only ever read the Gemma Doyle trilogy before this, but through that reading and seeing reviews for her other books, I think this is a pattern in Ms.

If she wants to present biased and one-sided arguments for her own beliefs, I think she should write political speeches, not novels. Again, sorry bout it. The exploration of the unique superpower that each character possessed was minimal. You wouldn't think teens with crazy powers could be uninteresting, but you'd be wrong. I'm currently watching the TV show Misfits, and I'd estimate that the exploration of powers on that show is roughly 1, times more creative and intriguing than what's found in this book.

Lastly for the negatives is the sheer size of this book. Clocking in at over pages, it was a real undertaking to read and even trying to hold it hurt my wrists after awhile. I think that if pages or so were cut out, the book wouldn't suffer it might even have improved. It's impressive that Ms.

Bray wrote such a long book, but I would find it more impressive if she'd written one that was paced well. Okay, hopefully we've all emerged from that list unscathed. If you're mad at me for desecrating your beloved book, now please tune in to my list of positives. These are the things I thought were effective in the story, even though I overall didn't enjoy it: First and foremost, the writing. Bray's writing is bursting with confidence and a sureness that immediately assures the reader that they've picked the right book.

The first chapter impressed me immensely, and there were plenty of spots throughout that continued to impress me. She's definitely grown a lot as a writer. Although I've listed this as my biggest negative, I have to mention how horrifying the antagonist was. If you're in the mood for a scare, look no further. He wasn't especially well-developed, and I resented it a lot when he was turned into just another dopey point of a love triangle, but for the first part of the book Sam is the better character, but I don't like him with Evie; they're too similar.

Jericho would do nicely to balance her out. I'll keep Sam, thanks very much. Don't let me near your favorite things, guys. View all 31 comments. Nov 07, Felicia rated it really liked it Shelves: I am doing a big project in my house: The dust on them is just monumental, since I honestly read most of my stuff on my Kindle, sigh. So project; "Chip away at stack" commence! I've had this book on the stack for a while, and I didn't know anything about it, except the blurb on the back reminded me of one of my favorite iOS games: I thought the atmosphere was pretty interesting, I am doing a big project in my house: I thought the atmosphere was pretty interesting, and the book definitely paid the concept off!

Basically it's about a secret society of people emerging with powers in 's New York City, to fight a looming bad guy who will show up in a sequel down the road. The cast of characters was pretty good, all flawed and interesting backgrounds, and the overall murder plot was gripping and had twists and turns enough to keep me interested. The main storyline was resolved really well, and there's a setup albeit a bit TOO involved at the end for the next one that definitely made me want to keep reading!

I didn't really get that when I went into it, and even though the lead girl was 17, I honestly feel like the book would have been a bit more effective had she just aged it up and made it more complex and grittier. But partially that could be my bias against YA novels in general, they always feel just a TOUCH hollow to me, like there's something there to be mined they can't because of an age restriction.

Regardless, I really enjoyed it and recommend the book for something fresh and fun and different! The Diviners 22 99 Nov 04, Discussion Leader Sign Up: The Diviners 3 16 Sep 07, The Diviners 15 40 Aug 19, Videos About This Book. What is it about writing an author bio that gives me that deer-in-headlights feeling? It's not exactly like I'm going to say "I was born in Alabama…" and somebody's going to jump up and snarl, "Oh yeah?

I think what gets me feeling itchy is all that emphasis on the facts of a life, while all the juicy, relevant, human oddity stuff gets left on the cutting room floor. I could tell you the facts—I lived in Texas for most of my life; I live in New York City with my husband and six-year-old son now; I have freckles and a lopsided smile; I'm allergic to penicillin. But that doesn't really give you much insight into me.

That doesn't tell you that I stuck a bead up my nose while watching TV when I was four and thought I'd have to go to the ER and have it cut out. Or that I made everyone call me "Bert" in ninth grade for no reason that I can think of. See what I mean? God is in the details. So with that in mind, here is my bio. I ended up using the punchbowl box as an end table for two years.

My dad was a Presbyterian minister. Yes, I am one of those dreaded P. The first story I ever wrote, in Mrs. McBee's 6th grade English class, was about a girl whose family is kidnapped and held hostage by a murderous lot of bank robbers who intend to kill the whole family—including the dog—until the year-old heroine foils the plot and saves the day.

It included colored pencil illustrations of manly-looking, bearded criminals smoking, and, oblivious to the fact that The Beatles had already sort of laid claim to the title, I called my novel, HELP. My mom still has a copy. And when I do something she doesn't like, she threatens to find it. My favorite word is "redemption. My least favorite word is "maybe. My three worst habits are overeating, self-doubt, and the frequent use of the "f" word. The three things I like best about myself are my sense of humor, my ability to listen, and my imagination.

I have an artificial left eye. I lost my real eye in a car accident when I was eighteen. In fact, I had to have my entire face rebuilt because I smashed it up pretty good. It took six years and thirteen surgeries. However, I did have the pleasure of freezing a plastic eyeball in an ice cube, putting it in a friend's drink, "Eyeball in your highball? Okay, so maybe that's not going down on my good karma record. But it sure was fun. Man, we were such dorks.

When she meets the charming prince Adair, she thinks he is just another courtier intent on using her. His reputation as a rogue proceeds him, and she has no intention of being his next conquest. But his offer to help her break the curse is too good to be passed up. Together they uncover a plot that stretches back centuries and centers on Maea's family.

Her quest has thrust Maea into the middle of a struggle for thrones. If she chooses the wrong side, she just may lose her head. With lives on the line, Maea must use her powers to find who to trust before it is too late. As Maea spirals closer to her fate, she and her companions seek shelter in a neighboring kingdom.

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