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A review by _fallinglight_
Raven Rise by D.J. MacHale
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
*2021 reread*
This is, objectively, the best installment in the Pendragon adventure. For many years I used to think it was The Quillan Games (and it even used to be my favorite book, still is but so is RR) but on this last reread I saw it wasn't quite as near perfect as Raven Rise is. This book just doesn't stop! It gives us sci-fi and historical fiction and dystopia all into one. I love how the plotting keeps stacking up and crashing in on Bobby, in a perfect boiling point to culminate in that scene. And I love the social criticism, albeit not super deep, DJM sprinkled in this book. It is specially poignant reading it now. I don't wanna be like “everything that's happening now is just like in Raven Rise” but yall this book is eerily prescient.
This is, objectively, the best installment in the Pendragon adventure. For many years I used to think it was The Quillan Games (and it even used to be my favorite book, still is but so is RR) but on this last reread I saw it wasn't quite as near perfect as Raven Rise is. This book just doesn't stop! It gives us sci-fi and historical fiction and dystopia all into one. I love how the plotting keeps stacking up and crashing in on Bobby, in a perfect boiling point to culminate in that scene. And I love the social criticism, albeit not super deep, DJM sprinkled in this book. It is specially poignant reading it now. I don't wanna be like “everything that's happening now is just like in Raven Rise” but yall this book is eerily prescient.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Violence