Dark Eyes is a story about a girl named Wally Stonehill and her fight for survival out int he streets of New York City. She was adopted from Russia, but lived with her adoptive parents in New York. But, she ran away and has been living on the street ever since she was thirteen. She was being hunted by the assassin that tried to kill her birth mother once he found her in New York. With the help of her friends on the street, Wally struggles to fight and survive on the street while learning about her mysterious past. Dark Eyes was a very compelling story. The mix of action, mystery, and real life situations were all incorporated to create my opinion of the book. I enjoyed reading the book and I felt like the characters were very relatable. The story also depicted the city of New York as it would be if you were actually there. All the places were real and it added to how the book probably could become movie. Overall, I enjoyed the book and how easily I could connect to it. I think readers who like action, mystery and suspense books will love Dark Eyes. If you liked The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo then you'll love Dark Eyes. So this is really a 4.5 rating. It was an amazing book but a little too dark for me to call it perfect. This book was amazing! So intriguing that in the end when all of the 'mysteries' are unveiled you feel that 'mind just blown' feeling. Even if you could guess some of what will happen in the end, there is no way you can solve all of the mysteries before the last page of the book! I love it when I don't know what will happen next. But it was all very tastefully done. My only reservation about this novel is that it is a bit too mature for an award book that pushed on so many high school students to read. It has heavy language, gore, sex, drugs...I would highly recommend this book to those who are my age (college twenty somethings) and to very mature high school students. The whole time I read this first book in the 'Dark Eyes' series, I couldn't help but imagine it as a theatrical thriller. If a movie eventually come to fruition I would definitely watch it! Well done William Richter!
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If you are looking for action and a quick, easy read then this is young adult novel for you.
—stjohns
MY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE WHOLE WORLD. ITS IS WELL WRITTEN AND SURPRISE YOU QUITE A BIT.
—mischy87
Not my favorite of the Gateways but enjoyed the twists.
—abdullah
