A review by dragonclaws18
The Seventh Raven by David Elliott
5.0
I would first like to thank NetGalley for sending me an EARC in exchange for an honest review.
I definitely did not get what I assumed this book would be. It threw me off greatly. I was expecting a book with long chapters and paragraphs not this sweeping poetry I got.
I am not much of a poetry lover but I loved this. The rhyming just sweeps you into the story and before you know it you've read the entire book.
Also, adding elements like animals, trees, and an axe with feelings just made this all the better. It really showed the emotion that the author was trying to portray. (With it rhyming, too!)
The book actually started out sadly because the entire family had wanted a daughter. It was kind of cute that the brothers wanted a sister especially Robyn.
Robyn was my favorite brother of them all because he was different than his brothers. I did feel a little sad for him at the end but I rejoiced when I heard he still kept his wings.
April, herself, was also a favorite but in a more "Aw-she's-going-to-save-her-brothers" kind of way. She was right to do what she did for her other eight brothers but not Robyn.
The father was one of my least favorite people because he did curse his son's so he could have a daughter and kind of didn't care. In my mind, that's rude.
Overall, I would totally recommend this to someone who is new or likes poetry especially with the variety of different poems included!!!!
I definitely did not get what I assumed this book would be. It threw me off greatly. I was expecting a book with long chapters and paragraphs not this sweeping poetry I got.
I am not much of a poetry lover but I loved this. The rhyming just sweeps you into the story and before you know it you've read the entire book.
Also, adding elements like animals, trees, and an axe with feelings just made this all the better. It really showed the emotion that the author was trying to portray. (With it rhyming, too!)
The book actually started out sadly because the entire family had wanted a daughter. It was kind of cute that the brothers wanted a sister especially Robyn.
Robyn was my favorite brother of them all because he was different than his brothers. I did feel a little sad for him at the end but I rejoiced when I heard he still kept his wings.
April, herself, was also a favorite but in a more "Aw-she's-going-to-save-her-brothers" kind of way. She was right to do what she did for her other eight brothers but not Robyn.
The father was one of my least favorite people because he did curse his son's so he could have a daughter and kind of didn't care. In my mind, that's rude.
Overall, I would totally recommend this to someone who is new or likes poetry especially with the variety of different poems included!!!!