Reviews

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

clare_stitches's review against another edition

5.0

A perfect ending to the Raven Dreamer world.

marceline1021's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i want to carve a hole into this universe and move into it (and preferably never leave)

circuit333's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

sheena_kay's review against another edition

5.0

I literally hugged this book to my chest and just held it for several minutes after I read the last page. I don’t have words to describe how full and complex it made me feel. This story lives inside me now.

kivik's review

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? No

4.0

tzuyu22's review against another edition

5.0

was sobbing my eyes out at the end of this book. maggie you truly know how to write an ending. best book in the tril!! i wish it was 700 pages longer

dia_arca_mina's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

poeboy's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

pippa_w's review against another edition

4.0

In a way, she thought, Ronan had been screaming since she'd met him. She just hadn't been able to hear it, since she'd been screaming, too.

Look, this book filled my heart and absolutely captivated me. The way that Maggie Stiefvater has managed to tie together all the threads from the Raven Cycle that she in turn artfully and callously snipped in this trilogy is truly remarkable.

But the reason why I was so attached to this book was not because I was so attached to each and every one of the characters, because I cared about all of them, because I even understood why they were all there (

Spoiler

like... does anyone know why Fenian and Mór suddenly developed spines/consciences and ended up at Declan and Jordan's wedding???

), but because I just. wanted. Ronan, Adam, and Matthew (and, okay, Declan, and Jordan because she's so key to his growth) to come out okay. And that was so uncertain throughout this book, and being whirled through that intricate, interesting journey held my whole heart.

I ultimately feel that this is the ending that this universe Stiefvater has created deserved. But do I think that we needed these extra characters and twist and turns? No. Do I think that these characters had earned these endings by the end of the Raven Cycle? Pretty much. Do I think this could have been one novel, or even a novella, with fewer unnecessary complications, just for grow the Lynch brothers to their full potentials (

Spoiler

which, arguably in Matthew's case, this trilogy didn't accomplish

)? Yes.

Tanquam, Ronan thought, furious that Adam was upset, euphoric that he'd come back. It hadn't been that long before this that he'd been wanting to know what emotions felt like, and now he had all of them at once.
Just before the door closed behind him, Adam said to the dark, 'Alter idem.'

juarezam's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5