Book Review: The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2)

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after...

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While I did enjoy this book, it was not as good as the first.  While the first third held all that magical, fairy-tale-esque feeling, there was little plot, and little focus on anything.  The writing was amazing- in fact, so good it was distracting.  The entirety of the book felt as if nothing happened at all, really.  Too many cars, too many drugs, too much pointless swearing, and, dare I say it?, to much Ronan.

 

This book was wonderful, don't get me wrong, it just felt distracted.  The characters did grow, important roots were planted, but over all, the book felt like a filler book.  Maybe that's necessary set-up for the next two books, but maybe it's not.  I guess I won't know until number three comes out.  However, it was disappointing.

 

Because so little happened I have so little to say.  I did like the direction the characters are heading, especially the many relationships between them, and I love the Grey Man (new character; you'll love him, too) but beyond the prose I wasn't impressed.

 

My rating: 3 1/2 stars