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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
That Maggie Stiefvater can portray character emotions more subtly and with such beautiful depth it can move me to tears.
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Der erste Band war schon richtig toll, der zweite war noch besser.
Neue Charaktere, alte Charaktere haben miteinander harmoniert. Die Handlung war nicht vorhersehbar.
Ich freue mich auf den dritten Band.
Neue Charaktere, alte Charaktere haben miteinander harmoniert. Die Handlung war nicht vorhersehbar.
Ich freue mich auf den dritten Band.
It had been quite some time since I read the first book in the series, Shiver, before I picked this up. I'm not sure why I waited so long. I suppose the end was satisfying enough that I didn't feel the need to move immediately forward. It could also be that besides really loving the sweet and quiet story and Maggie's writing, I just wasn't in love with the first book, at least not enough to care to continue it immediately. Whatever the case, one night I found myself yearning to continue Sam and Grace's story, so the next day I went out to the book store and procured the lovely paperback with its green writing, and prepared to lose myself to the sad story of the wolves again.
Unfortunately, this book did not deliver for me. I get the appeal of a quieter story not filled with action, but does this book really move the plot forward at all? Do the characters develop a lot at least? For me, I don't think so. Sam and Grace are just as in love as before (and dare I say a little co-dependent...) and Sam is still the creative and emotional one to Grace's more logical personality. Other than Grace standing up to her parents there was no real development for either of them. The focus of this story is Sam and Grace just trying to hold on to each other. Grace is sick and her absentee parents have finally decided to step in and try to keep them apart. Most of the novel is spent between the two of them just wishing they were with the other. I wish they had been able to at least form deeper bonds with other characters in this book, but they didn't. Grace kept Isabel at a distance and Sam was distrustful of Cole from the start. This is slightly resolved in the end at least, but it didn't have the impact that it could have had if there had been a bit of build up to it, and Sam and Grace had been at least a little more open to other relationships throughout the story.
I thought the addition of Isabel and Cole's perspectives was kind of messy. I didn't really like or care about Cole until the end. I've never been a fan of the bad-boy-who-just-doesn't-care. It was nice to see a different side to Isabel though. I don't normally mind switching perspectives but I wish they had been contained to chapters. Often we would witness a scene through one character's eyes and then move on to another character's perspective a few paragraphs later. It was hard to keep track of who was who, and it caused me to feel like the characters were kind of losing their distinct personalities, and merging into one voice.
Maggie's writing is still nice here. A little purple-y during Sam's random lyrics, but otherwise just as lovely as ever. The somber tone to the story, of these humans who turn into wolves and lose themselves, who still come to witness funerals and watch over the sick, is simply beautiful. I also like that Sam isn't a jerk, always nice to see in a YA book. I'll probably wait to read Forever when it's in paperback so it can match the other two books I already have. I'm not dying to read it after reading this but I will be reading it. I do want to see how Sam and Grace's story ends.
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I also read this book because I had previously read the first novel in the series and I really enjoyed it. I am a really big fan of YA series apparently. This story is about a girl named Grace and a werewolf named Sam.In the first book Grace and Sam come together after Grace realizes that the beloved wolf she has been seeing in the woods is actually a boy,and he and grace fall in love. Linger is the story of how grace joins the wolf pack. Linger was even better than shiver it brought some of the issues of the first book to the forefront and dealt with them right away. The format of this novel as well as shiver is very interesting in shiver the POV switches between Sam and Grace. In Linger the author adds another POV to the mix, another member if the pack: Cole. I really liked the authors choice to give multiple POV because it allowed me to really see the story from everyone's perspective. The ending left me hanging so I can't wait to read the next one.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I forgot I never wrote any reviews for this series. Oh well. Doubt I will soon but this is what I am going to say:
It seems that second books are now having EEEEEEVIL cliffhangers that make you want to grab pitchforks and go to the author's front doorstep.
Linger is one of them.
It seems that second books are now having EEEEEEVIL cliffhangers that make you want to grab pitchforks and go to the author's front doorstep.
Linger is one of them.
This is a solid middle part of a trilogy it is well written I love the story and characters. I like how the story progressed and the fact there was more point of views to read it made it more interesting. I like how the characters develop throughout the story. I still no do like Grace's parents they act like parents only when it suits them. I love the story and the end even though it is a cliffhanger that just means that I will be reading the last book soon. So overall I would say this is a really good book that I enjoyed reading.
So this was a pretty good book but I felt that there was a lot going on. There are probably people that would disagree about that but I thought the first was better. I didn't like the ending.