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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
How does one say farewell to this? Thank goodness for Maggie Stiefvater…whose work will always be the best thing to happen to me as a reader.
Skimmed to finish at page 202.
I kept waiting for this book to get good, this series to get good. I kept waiting to care about the characters, to find familiarity in Adam and Ronan, to find life in Hennessy and Jordan and Liliana and Carmen...it never came.
There are two stand-out scenes in this book. The first is the scene in which Hennessy accidentally creates the second sweetmetal of her life. The second is the scene where Adam is confessing to Ronan's sleeping body that he's lost sight of who he is. The rest of the scenes are baffling to read, somehow both overly busy and deadly boring. I almost stopped reading at Mor o Cora's "I'm a sociopath!" reveal moment. Horrid writing, all around.
I skimmed to the climax and then again to the epilogue. For some reason Maggie Stiefvater suddenly wants to remind us that Gansey and Blue and Henry exist, which only serves to also remind us of course that this series is a pale shadow of TRC. Bummer of a dud from Maggie Steifvater. I hope that now she's done with this universe she can move on to writing something that genuinely challenges her and brings her joy, because it sure ain't this.
I kept waiting for this book to get good, this series to get good. I kept waiting to care about the characters, to find familiarity in Adam and Ronan, to find life in Hennessy and Jordan and Liliana and Carmen...it never came.
There are two stand-out scenes in this book. The first is the scene in which Hennessy accidentally creates the second sweetmetal of her life. The second is the scene where Adam is confessing to Ronan's sleeping body that he's lost sight of who he is. The rest of the scenes are baffling to read, somehow both overly busy and deadly boring. I almost stopped reading at Mor o Cora's "I'm a sociopath!" reveal moment. Horrid writing, all around.
I skimmed to the climax and then again to the epilogue. For some reason Maggie Stiefvater suddenly wants to remind us that Gansey and Blue and Henry exist, which only serves to also remind us of course that this series is a pale shadow of TRC. Bummer of a dud from Maggie Steifvater. I hope that now she's done with this universe she can move on to writing something that genuinely challenges her and brings her joy, because it sure ain't this.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Still love Ronan Lynch. Very sad that this was the last book in the series. I honestly could have and would have kept reading more of this story.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
Grew to love Declan so much in this book. Very beautifully written!
Beautifully-written, exciting, heart-wrenching, surprising, and full of magic. Absolutely wonderful conclusion for this trilogy
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle and the Dreamer books hold a special place in my heart. I just love the Lynch brothers so much and I was glad that we got to know more about Dreaming and how it came to be. I'm sad that this is to be the last book as it managed to tell us about the Lynch parents and tie together all the separate stories from the Dreamer books. I even loved the end even though I was emotionally very exhausted when reading this book (in one sitting because I couldn't stop). The prose was wonderful, the book was funny, touching, dramatic, and just plain fun! 5 stars and please, Maggie Stiefvater, write more books
I just love Ronan and Adam so much. This spinoff series was ultimately so so messy (ehm kinda like forcing your friends to listen to a rambling dream you had??) but I was satisfied by the ending for these characters I’ll always have a soft spot for
i hate marking this as finished because it means it’s over. these books have carried me through the hardest things i have ever experienced. they followed me from starting high school all the way to being in grad school. these are everything to me. i literally cannot put into words what these books mean to me and the profound ways in which they have changed me over the last eight years. i am so devastated that i will never get to read any of these books for the first time ever again, and i am so devastated that this is the last book in trc forever. i’m literally crashing out. Maggie stiefvater, if you’re out there, know that you are why i am alive and you are why i am a writer.
i have never been this torn up over any ending, not even the endings in real life. forever grateful that these books exist.
i have never been this torn up over any ending, not even the endings in real life. forever grateful that these books exist.