By: Jen@ (http://bookwormcastle.wordpress.com/)
Grave Robbers is a
fast paced read that has characters jumping off trains, being thrown into
graves and possible visions of people that have died, so the action is non-stop
and makes for an exciting read that you will not want to leave behind until you
finish. It also has deeper stuff with more marrow: characters make mistakes,
shows weaknesses, but also have hopes of transforming. If you love a thrilling
pace along with in depth characters who will do anything to go after their
goals, this book is for you.
The
main character pulls you in from the beginning and makes you want to read more.
The story itself is a riveting and tense train ride that grabs you along with
fears of falling off and crashing throughout the story- you need to know what
happens next even though each lurch of the train makes your heart rate go up
and sends your emotions scattering. You hold your breath for the characters as
you come to care about them, no matter what they do or have done.
Charlie,
a young girl does not come across as your average heroine right away. But she
is a character that you will want to keep reading about; she is very much alive
(unlike all of those around her) and jumps off the page. Her father is a grave
robber. His official job title is grave digger, but he robs them of any
valuables before he puts them into the ground. He does this in order to provide
for Charlie, as her mother ran off right after she was born.
Charlie
is full of spunk and not afraid to rob jewels from a dead lady. Well, okay,
maybe she is a little afraid. But she doesn’t let this or anything stop her.
Charlie is a girl who is determined to carve out a path for herself and she
lets nothing get in the way of her goals. More than anything, she wants to find
her mother. Charlie had no idea of her whereabouts until now. She finds out
where her mother may be and even though there is a chance she won’t find her,
she comes up with a plan to try.
She
convinces herself that she needs the lady’s jewels more than the dead lady
does, as she will be six feet under and takes them herself, before her dad can
touch them. Her moral dilemma is described very realistically and you
understand where she is coming from and her reasoning for her actions, as well
as her doubts and fears. She thinks she sees things that may not be there and
might be a result of her fear and guilt (or are they?). All this and she still
doesn’t know if she will meet her goal. But she clings to the belief that this
is the most important goal and she will not look back, even if her life is on
the line. And her life is indeed on a very thin line while she tries to go
through with her plan. This plan is not as safe as she thought, as there are
even more dangers lurking around from where she may not have expected. This is
one train ride that you need to stay on until the very end.
Charlie is one
of those characters that you would not mind jumping off a train with to hear
more about, if you can survive the crash landing.
