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Greywaren

Maggie Stiefvater

4.31 AVERAGE

kat131200's review

5.0

Holy shit. Holy shit.
I’ll come back when I can put my thoughts into words but.
For now.
Holy shit.

Full review:
Okay. Okay. Here are my (semi-coherent) thoughts.
- Starting at the end, THAT FREAKING EPILOGUE OH MY GOD WHEN I TELL YOU I SOBBED I MEAN I FREAKING SOBBED.
- 4 YEARS LATER. SARCHENGSEY. THE LYNCH BROTHERS BEING FRIENDS. THE FOX WAY WOMEN. HENESSEY AND CARMEN. DECLAN AND JORDAN. ADAM AND RONAN. BLUE AND GANSEY GRADUATING AND JUST. IT WAS ALL SO BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOD.
- Ronan being a dream?!?!?!? And also the embodiment of a magical forest entity?!?!?!? Holy shit?!?!?!? I knew something was up when he fell asleep at the end of the last book but DAMN.
- Declan thinking Matthew was dead and being like “damn guess I’ll go on a rampage” was SO HOT of him and I will not apologize.
- kind of wish Matthew and Bryde had bigger parts? That’s honestly my only real complaint. They were such major parts of the first 2 books, and Matthew had really become his own person. So having them kind of shoved to the side and not mentioned a lot kind of sucked? Like I get that Declan thought Matthew was dead etc but still….
- Carmen? And Lillian? And Henessey? AHHHHHHHHHH.
- CARMEN’s FREAKING BROTHER DAMN
- RONAN SAVING THE WORLD AND HENESSEY SAVING ADAM YASSSS.

This was a really beautiful end to a really beautiful series. I’ll miss it so much! But yay for the graphic novels!!

This was probably my least favorite book of the Raven Cycle and Dreamer Trilogy, but I'm very attached to this story and enjoyed seeing it conclude it for sentimental reasons. Stiefvater efficiently tied up loose ends and didn't ruin my enjoyment of the previous books. Despite feeling it was lacking some of the spark of her other books in the series, I still have to give it five out of five stars because there were a few nice touches, but the five stars are more reflective of my feelings of the Raven Cycle and Dreamer Trilogy overall than of this particular book.
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maryoliver's review

5.0

THEY JUST HIT THE PENTAGON

4.5/5*
Ten epilog byl poslední hřebíček do rakve mojí psychický stability, amen

yeah I think I need to be lobotomized after reading this entire series

ak2000's review

3.5

the gansey i know would literally never be uninvolved if ronan disappeared and was doing ecoterrorism
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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: Complicated
adventurous emotional hopeful 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

AUGH. i think i have come to the conclusion that the dreamer trilogy might read better if you are unfamiliar with the raven cycle and every characterization that is presented in those books. i hate to say it but as a continuation its sort of sloppy? reoccurring characters are slightly to severely out of character, missing scenes of reactions that almost definitely needed to be shown (like... r u for real going to tell me ronan is gonna come back to the barns and see two ppl who look exactly like his parents but Arent them and be like haha ok cool anyways??????), its supposed to be about ronan and hes like...... not even there half the time. IDK .

newer characters r all over the place too. bryde was presented as this all knowing dreamer with a master plan in mister impossible but now hes less than one dimensional and just There. hennessys chapters are a roller coaster of enjoyment, carmens chapters are a kiddy coaster that struggles to operate (as much as i think i came to enjoy her, every time i started a new chapter and realized it was from her perspective i felt my self loose interest).

but also at the same time i enjoyed this sort of a lot? greywaren as a book was a lot more engaging than mister impossible which lol THANK GOD. i didnt hate The Reveals but also couldnt help but wonder how far in advance they had been thought up. i thought this was a Good Fun Read(TM), just with some major caveats and words of warning for anyone coming off of trc to continue within the universe. dont expect the same characters u previously knew and dont expect the world to feel exactly fully formed? i feel like im railing hard on these books but i do like them HOWEVER they definitely have more than a couple problems? IDK im sorta losing the plot with my review. felt like it couldve been more than what it was but got cut off at the knees i guess. im giving it a 4 but it honestly deserves something more in the 3 star range (edit: biggest lol)

also who cares about anything being "fanservice" ronan and adam are gay and in love good for them

rederis's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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