2.51k reviews for:

Greywaren

Maggie Stiefvater

4.31 AVERAGE

suzieboo's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I've never felt so angry and disappointed after reading a series! There were so many new plot points brought up with no actual resolutions to them, lots of emotional trauma that could've been explored after certain things about certain characters were revealed, yet completely glossed over! The 'true villian' came outta no where, and certain romantic subplot also came outta nowhere with absolutely no build up towards them - my least favourite kind of romance, bleh. Wow, so much disappointment, especially since I thought the first season of the Raven Cycle was really great!

rebeccaag98's review

3.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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when I die, I want Maggie to lower me into my grave so she can let me down one last time 

rachelbookdragon's review

4.0

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I really wanted to love this and instead I slogged through it. It felt very cerebral, talking about thought and dream and reality but being all vibe and no plot for the beginning of the book. Ronan was sidelined and the only interesting bits were the reveals about Greywaren, Neil and Aurora and their relationship, and who the big bad was. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Ronan and Adam, but there was very little Adam in the book. It was very focused on the creation of sweetmetals and not enough on Declan and Jordan’s relationship. Matthew barely had page time to show how he had grown.
The ending was sweet and rewarding payoff, as was the epilogue, but I was more happy to see Gansey and Blue than anything.
I appreciate this addition to the Raven Boys universe, but I don’t think I’ll ever re-read this trilogy. It just wasn’t my favorite.
The audiobook was great, but the repetition was really tough for any actor. I thought my audiobook got stuck for the many repetitions of ‘am I awake or am I dreaming.’

dashaxxxx's review against another edition

5.0

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oh my god.

ella_011's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

rosy_posy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It’s just all a bit mad really. Very happy about the epilogue 

meggoinc's review

4.0

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What a beautiful way to say goodbye to Ronan Lynch!

thecanadianbookworm's review against another edition

3.0

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"You are made of dreams, and this world is not for you." ❤️

I have quite a few issues with this book, mainly the distinct lack of Ronan content, and lack of Ronan and Adam interaction.

sff_reads's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-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

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Whose story was this?

and_so_she_reads_'s review

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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I absolutely LOVED this series (actually more than The Raven Cycle pls don’t come for me) 

I read TRC last Jan/Feb. My favorite book was The Dream Thieves, and Ronan was my favorite character, so I had a good feeling about The Dreamer Trilogy. It did not disappoint!

I adore all three of the Lynch brothers and their bantery sibling dynamic so much! But I also loved the new characters Jordan/Hennessy, Carmen, Liliana, and Parsifal.

The world-building was so bizarre and magical but so Maggie Stiefvater. Like how does she even come up with this stuff??? I was just fully entranced and constantly questioning what was coming next. There were definitely plenty of parts that made me scream “oh shit!” at my book, as well as a few parts that made me tear up (the perfect blend tbh)

The only thing I didn’t like was that I felt the ending to the last book was a bit anti-climactic. But the epilogue made me sooooo happy so it all evens out.

If TRC was overall a 4 star read for me, then The Dreamer Trilogy was 5
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