Anthony Horowitz
Paperback | Pages: 270 pages Rating: 3.9 | 23211 Users | 1399 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Raven's Gate |
| ISBN: | 0439680093 (ISBN13: 9780439680097) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Gatekeepers #1 |
| Characters: | Richard Cole, Matt Freeman, Jayne Deverill |
| Setting: | Yorkshire, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Manchester Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2007), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2007), Redbridge Children's Book Award for Children's Book (2006) |
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He always knew he was different. First there were the dreams. Then the deaths began. When Matt Freeman gets into trouble with the police, he's sent to be fostered in Yorkshire. It's not long before he senses there's something wrong with his guardian; with the whole village. Then Matt learns about the Old Ones and begins to understand just how he is different. But no one will believe him; no one can help. There is no proof. There is no logic. There is just the Gate.Itemize Epithetical Books Raven's Gate (The Gatekeepers #1)
| Title | : | Raven's Gate (The Gatekeepers #1) |
| Author | : | Anthony Horowitz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 270 pages |
| Published | : | October 2006 by Scholastic (first published January 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Horror. Fiction. Paranormal. Adventure. Supernatural |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 23211 Users | 1399 ReviewsAssessment Epithetical Books Raven's Gate (The Gatekeepers #1)
Have you ever had a choice between going to jail or a foster home? What would you choose? I would choose a foster home because it's better than jail. The genre of this book is Realistic Fantasy because it feels like it can happen but you know it can't. 14-year-old Matthew Freeman helps out a boy to rob an electronics warehouse and is caught by a police. Then is sent to Lesser Malling. A women named Mrs. Deverill is Matthews foster parent. Matt starts hearing noises at night and plans an escape.
Anthony Horowitz quickly became a favorite author of mine after reading and loving Magpie Murders and The House of Silk. I don't typically read young adult fantasy novels, but I'm not opposed to giving something different a try now and then. Besides, I already knew that his writing was fantastic, so thought this one might be a refreshing change of pace for me. Unfortunately, I was a bit bored with it. I reached about the 40-50% mark on my kindle and decided I have too many others I would much
Matt Freeman lives at Ipswich and he seems to be a troubled teenager after he lost his parents in a car crash and was fostered by his aunt Gwenda. He needs money desperately and reluctantly agrees to thug a DVD store with his "friend" Kevin but is caught by the guard who is stabbed by Kevan. Soon the police arrive and arrest Kievan and investigate bout Matt. After a judgement is passed Matt is left to the LEAF project and taken to a small town called Lesser Malling where he is fostered by Jayne
This book was kind of cheesy. Ok. Not just kind of. Really cheesy.I can picture it. Horowitz sitting down to write "Stephen King for teens!" Except that Stephen King for teens doesn't have any of the interesting scary bits that normal Stephen King does.Matthew Freeman (or just Matt, because reasons) is 14 and an orphan and apparently super important to the sort of person I imagined a Satanist to be when I was 10. TL;DR synopsis: (view spoiler)[Dead parents! Crappy aunt takes him in! Crappy aunt
Another surprisingly good read. I was always excited about what was going to happen next. Lots of imagination in this story, and it's well written. It's such an underrated book. The ending could have been better but it was still good.I was scared this book was going to be like "The Darkest Minds" series which had a decent story but I just did not enjoy it at all. It didn't resonate with me... but Raven's Gate did.Raven's Gate is kinda like Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children meets
Debating between 1 and 2 stars... ***I decided to go 1, because I didn't like it. The best thing I can say about it, really, is that it was short. I will say 1.5, though, because I usually reserve 1s for books I just completely hate, and this didn't even annoy me enough to make me hate it - it was just stupid.Basically, it takes a ton of horror story cliches - the ubiquitous Old Ones from another dimension wanting back in, the crazy villagers wanting to let them, performances of the Black Mass,
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