{"id":10074,"date":"2018-03-27T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T14:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2024-08-09T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T13:58:50","slug":"opal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10074","title":{"rendered":"Opal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opal<\/a><\/em> (2018) Maggie Stiefvater<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is a short story set after the conclusion of the Raven Boys story, The Raven King<\/em>. Although Adam and Ronan are in the story, it is all from the point of view of Opal, the dream creature that Ronan brought into the world with him.<\/p>\n

In dreams, Ronan was always getting into trouble, and even though he often died, equally as often Opal saved him because she was an excellent dreamthing and a psychopomp (which is the proper name for an excellent dreamthing).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being a dream creature, Opal has an unusual view of the world–and of Adam and Ronan, which makes it a very interesting point-of-view.<\/p>\n

Opal came to understand that Adam\u2019s car was supposed to be more like Ronan\u2019s, but there was something wrong with it called shitbox<\/em>. Ronan kept offering to dream a cure for shitbox, but Adam was intent on fixing it \u201cthe right way.\u201d This seemed to be a long process, so Ronan\u2019s car was often missing, as Adam used it in his mysterious comings and goings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this story we get a (very distant and strange) look at the summer after school ends but before Adam leaves for college.<\/p>\n

Even though Opal went away herself plenty, she did not like the idea of Adam going someplace because he might get old and die without coming back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not a story for someone who has not read the Raven Boys series, because you most likely won’t get most of what is happening with Adam and Ronan. But it’s a fascinating story because Opal’s view of the world is quite strange and very fractured. <\/p>\n

Plus, if you read the series, you most likely want just a tiny bit more of Adam and Ronan.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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