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Author- Libba Bray
Series- The Diviners
Published- 2020
Page Count- 547 pages
Publishing House- Little Brown Books
Rating- 3/5 stars
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About the Author
Libba Bray is the New York Times bestselling author of The Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing); the Michael L. Printz Award-winning Going Bovine; Beauty Queens, an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist; and The Diviners series. She is originally from Texas but makes her home in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband, son, and two sociopathic cats. You can find her at…oh, wait. You already did. Nevermind—you are a genius!
Taken from Libba's website.
Plot
The breath-taking finale to the epic New York Times bestseller, The Diviners, from Printz winner and beloved author, Libba Bray.
After the horrifying explosion that claimed one of their own, the Diviners find themselves wanted by the US government, and on the brink of war with the King of Crows.
While Memphis and Isaiah run for their lives from the mysterious Shadow Men, Isaiah receives a startling vision of a girl, Sarah Beth Olson, who could shift the balance in their struggle for peace. Sarah Beth says she knows how to stop the King of Crows-but, she will need the Diviners' help to do it.
Elsewhere, Jericho has returned after his escape from Jake Marlowe's estate, where he has learned the shocking truth behind the King of Crow's plans. Now, the Diviners must travel to Bountiful, Nebraska, in hopes of joining forces with Sarah Beth and to stop the King of Crows and his army of the dead forever.
But as rumors of towns becoming ghost towns and the dead developing unprecedented powers begin to surface, all hope seems to be lost.
In this sweeping finale, The Diviners will be forced to confront their greatest fears and learn to rely on one another if they hope to save the nation, and world from catastrophe...
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Opinions
Here we are. My final review for The Diviners series. I've been reading this for the past two months and I finally finished it. I have to admit that this was my least favourite in the series. With each instalment, I've lost interest. This is heartbreaking as I adored the first book and really enjoyed the next two, but this one just wasn't for me. I've seen a lot of reviews from die-hard fans saying how they felt let down by this ending. I've noticed this is becoming a reoccurring trend in YA books, that they don't seem to have as good endings as they did back in the day.
As I've already touched on, I found this an unsatisfying and slightly disappointing conclusion to what should have been an epic series. This was essentially over 500 pages of a journey across America told from multiple perspectives. There were moments of action, but I just didn't care about half of them. It became a bit repetitive at times as they were split into three groups and all went through similar experiences. I wanted an epic finale and this is what I got. I'm glad I came to this series quite late as if I had waited that long for the finale I would be beyond upset.
Something I touched on in my review for Before the Devil Breaks you was that I was let down by how Jericho's character was ruined by the scene with Evie and the serum. I liked Jericho. He was one of my favourite characters. This book also ruined his character for me. I didn't like that he fell in love with the first women he met after his disastrous relationship with Evie. To me, he was still in love with Evie and to then go and fall in love with someone else felt very odd. He then went and slept with that woman. I just miss Jericho from book one, he was my favourite and I wish he had stayed like that. Poor Jericho then went and died (disappeared?). His character was just unrecognisable by the end of this series and it was sad that this happened to him.
I have to admit that I'm slightly confused by what happened in this book. Did we find out who the King of Crows was? How did they defeat him? I just felt a bit lost due to the amble like pace of this book. I know that some characters died, such as Jericho and Jake Marlowe. I was also very confused when Isaiah seemed to die but then didn't. Also by the end of the book, The Diviners had all lost their powers. As I've said, I'm very lost with what actually happened in this book.
I can't just mention negatives in this review, I do have to mention something positive. Evie is still one of my favourite female fictional characters. I was unsurprised but happy that she and Sam are getting married. Henry is also another all time favourite fictional character as he is the biggest softie and I would be very happy to have him as a friend in real life. The cast of characters has always been one of my favourite things about this series and I am a bit sad to see them go.
I know that I will reread this series again, as despite the issues I had with it, I adored Libba's writing style. I've already spoken about my love for the cast of characters. I could also see this becoming a really good TV show, if in the write hands. I will revisit these characters again and pray for a good TV show adaptation.
That concludes my review of King of Crows and The Diviners series. What did you think about this series?
Carenza :) x
