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| Original Title: | Graveminder |
| ISBN: | 0061826871 (ISBN13: 9780061826870) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Graveminder #1 |
| Characters: | Rebekkah Barrow, Byron Montgomery |
| Setting: | United States of America Claysville(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Best Paranormal Fiction (2011), Goodreads Choice Award for Horror (2011) |
Melissa Marr
Hardcover | Pages: 324 pages Rating: 3.48 | 12344 Users | 2045 Reviews
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| Title | : | Graveminder (Graveminder #1) |
| Author | : | Melissa Marr |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 324 pages |
| Published | : | May 9th 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published January 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Paranormal. Horror. Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Zombies. Adult |
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Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville. While growing up, Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual at every funeral: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words, "Sleep well, and stay where I put you."Now Maylene is gone and Bek must return to the hometown—and the man—she abandoned a decade ago, only to discover that Maylene's death was not natural . . . and there was good reason for her odd traditions. In Claysville, the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected—and beneath the town lies a shadowy, lawless land ruled by the enigmatic Charles, aka Mr. D. From this dark place the deceased will return if their graves are not properly minded. And only the Graveminder, a Barrow woman, and the current Undertaker, Byron, can set things to right once the dead begin to walk.
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Ratings: 3.48 From 12344 Users | 2045 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Graveminder (Graveminder #1)
In the town of Claysville, the dead must be scrupulously minded by the Graveminder and the Undertaker... or bad things happen. "Graveminder" really shows that Melissa Marr has left teenage faerie tales far behind her. Her first adult novel is a much darker, stranger story -- a lushly-written American Gothic set in a small town where death is very different from what it is elsewhere. It takes awhile for everything to settle into place, but the suspenseful journey is worth it. When her grandmotherI can see why some people would gobble this up and fall into this world. I can also see why some people would rip it to shreds and hate it. It is creepy, but not overly so. So, those of you wanting to be "pee-your-pants scared" you will be dissapointed. However, if you are a cowardly lion like me, you will be okay.I feel like this is a -not-for-me story, yet I know it still had it's shining moments. I also hate how long it took to really get to the main story. There was so much world building
I was really excited about this book; 'was' being the operational word in this sentence. Although Marr is clearly not the new Hemingway, or Harris for that matter, I followed the Wicked Lovely series in appreciation of the lush world she had created. So, I was looking forward to reading her first foray into adult lit to see what she could cook up on the adult side of the fence. Let me just say, I tried to like this book. I really did. I had earmarked it for a weekend when I knew I would be doing
I devoured this book. Compelling, sexy, and even slightly scary at times, Graveminder is amazing. No wonder Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and Kirkus Reviews have given it advance raves.
Truth be told, when I first heard Melissa Marr had a new book out, I wasn't going to read it. As much as I enjoyed her Wicked Lovely series (she did after all give us the glorious Seth) I was equally frustrated and fascinating at the same time and I wasn't sure I wanted to invest the same energy into something that could potentially be the same way. So, thanks Crystal for sharing your copy and Arlene for sending it. I actually really enjoyed myself with this one.I'm gonna keep this short and
After 1 month of reading this book, I finally finished it. Oh my god! It was probably my reading slump that made me struggle to end this novel in one go or its slow story flow. Or maybe both.Anyway, I'm happy I didn't give up. I still liked this book despite having a hard time finishing the novel.Graveminder is about you know, minding the graves (ha!). Basically, it was about a town called Claysville, a Graveminder, an Undertaker and the dead. There's more to it if you read this book and it's
In a word: boring.As I continue to clear away stockpiles of genres I've grown to dislike (PNR/UF, steampunk, YA), I sometimes wonder what inspired me to initially make the purchase. But in this case, my reasoning is clear. I liked Marr's YA faery series. I like modern gothic. I like small-town horror with paranormal elements. ...And yet this book was a fail.Marr's writing reads easily in the technical sense; I raced through 130+ pages despite not liking it. But even when things began to make
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