Wednesday, March 06, 2013
[Book Review] THE DIVINERS by Libba Bray
Fiction/Young AdultBeth reviews THE DIVINERS by Libba Bray (Little Brown, 2012)
This book either needed editing or should be broken into two books. It was just too long! (I think a little of both honestly.) But I love Libba Bray and will probably read the next one in the series.
WARNING: Contains murder, grave robbing, teen drinking & smoking, psychics and the occult/cult, language, racism, anti-immigrant, homosexuality, human testing
SPOILERS BELOW!
It's 1927 and Evie, age 17, is sent to stay with her Uncle Will, a professor of the occult and manager of the Museum of the Occult in New York. Evie is a party girl who used her psychic ability to read the wrong person's secret--and revealed that secret! Now in New York, she continues to party but also helps her Uncle solve a string of murders that they trace back to a long-dead man.
The evil spirit, Naughty John, is killing people according to an old prophecy. His goal is to become the Beast and reign Earth as a God. Can they stop him in time? Will anyone believe the truth? What will Evie's powers be needed for next? Are there others like herself?
Beth, Cordova Branch Library
Labels: Fiction, Mystery, Reviews by Beth, Young Adult
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