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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
the acknowledgments hit me like a truck, i need many days to process this book and what to do now that it is all over
re-read: this book is so good, this book is so bad. i love it and i hate it and i will think about it forever. no one has any substantial conversation with anyone, matthew's arc flies out of the window after having some of the best chapters, niall is suddenly a wonderful father (despite a mountain of evidence that he made some really questionable choices!!), everything is rushed, everything is done wonderfully. it might be a bit of a mess, but it's MY mess and it got to me, it really did!
re-read: this book is so good, this book is so bad. i love it and i hate it and i will think about it forever. no one has any substantial conversation with anyone, matthew's arc flies out of the window after having some of the best chapters, niall is suddenly a wonderful father (despite a mountain of evidence that he made some really questionable choices!!), everything is rushed, everything is done wonderfully. it might be a bit of a mess, but it's MY mess and it got to me, it really did!
3.5, rounding up because so many of the reveals were satisfying. But I didn't feel the magical, transporting quality of the writing as much as I usually do, and there were a few loose ends that weren't tied up as nicely as I'd hoped. I loved getting more backstory on the Lynch family and finally filling in the blanks that have lingered since The Raven Boys. A fine end to this trilogy.
adventurous
dark
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
This review was originally posted on Books of My Heart
Greywaren is the final book in the Dreamer Trilogy a spin off series to The Raven Cycle following the Lynch boys and a few other interesting and dangerous characters in their adventures to save the living dreams in this world. Ronan has always been a favorite of mine and seeing his story come to full fruition as he discovers the power within himself has been a journey through dreams which sometimes can be a bit confusing but always wondrous.
The apocalypse is nigh and only the Lynch brothers and a few others will be able to stop it. Without giving too much of the story away, there are dreams walking in this world pulled out by the dreamers. Matthew is one of those dreams and Jordan is another, when the leyline was corrupted all the dreams fell asleep and you have to have a sweetmetal (creativity infused object) to be able to wake them now. Or at least that is what was thought, but some fell asleep and Jordan didn't or at least hasn't yet. Matthew is only awake because of a sweetmetal and Ronan, well he is asleep but no one knows why.
Carmen Farooq-Lane (cool name really) and her visionary, Liliana, have found they are on the wrong side of the issue in Mr. Impossible and have jumped to the other side with a crazy all over the place Hennessy to figure out what and where to go next. Hennessy is proving difficult to live with, which should not be surprising to the gentle reader as they have lived with her for two other books
With the apocalypse still coming, even after the destruction of the power source, for it we will need all the Dreamers and dreams to work together to make sure the bringer of the apocalypse, not Ronan to everyone's surprise, is still coming and there is more work to do. But to do that work, some of the other Lynch brothers are going to have to help each other in some unexpected ways. Ronan specifically is needed, his origin story is so different than I expected it to be, but then of course, it would be.
Greywaren is like a dream. There is so much going on and all the pieces fit together in different ways but once I closed the book there are moments that stick out clear as day and other items that drift in and out of my recollection nebulous in the aftermath of waking up. Overall I leave this collection of dreams on paper with satisfied feelings and new questions and hopes of more books with characters from The Raven Boys as Blue and Gansey have seemed to have adventures of their own.
I love Steifvater's writing. It is lyrical and wondrous in nature and it is always full of strangeness and uniqueness. I can only name a handful of writers that have brought a story so to life that I look for the characters in my everyday world certain they are real people out there in this world and she is just telling their story. I want the world of the Dreamers to be real, in some ways as it is so full of possibilities, like all dreams.
Will Patton breathes life into this story and the characters in it. I have loved his performance of all of the books and novellas set in the world of The Raven Cycle I can't even begin to imagine what this series and the other would have been without his magical narration of the story. He, by far, made the books an even better experience and while that doesn't detract from what Stiefvater does with her writing, it just adds cumulatively to the enjoyment of the book. If you have never tried an audiobook before I highly recommend The Raven Cycle to be your first.
Listen to a clip: HERE
Greywaren is the final book in the Dreamer Trilogy a spin off series to The Raven Cycle following the Lynch boys and a few other interesting and dangerous characters in their adventures to save the living dreams in this world. Ronan has always been a favorite of mine and seeing his story come to full fruition as he discovers the power within himself has been a journey through dreams which sometimes can be a bit confusing but always wondrous.
The apocalypse is nigh and only the Lynch brothers and a few others will be able to stop it. Without giving too much of the story away, there are dreams walking in this world pulled out by the dreamers. Matthew is one of those dreams and Jordan is another, when the leyline was corrupted all the dreams fell asleep and you have to have a sweetmetal (creativity infused object) to be able to wake them now. Or at least that is what was thought, but some fell asleep and Jordan didn't or at least hasn't yet. Matthew is only awake because of a sweetmetal and Ronan, well he is asleep but no one knows why.
Carmen Farooq-Lane (cool name really) and her visionary, Liliana, have found they are on the wrong side of the issue in Mr. Impossible and have jumped to the other side with a crazy all over the place Hennessy to figure out what and where to go next. Hennessy is proving difficult to live with, which should not be surprising to the gentle reader as they have lived with her for two other books
Hennessy was loud. She seemed to feel that if a monologue was worth delivering, it was worth delivering at top volume, from atop furniture or cars or roofs, an ocean of relentless, throbbing words.
With the apocalypse still coming, even after the destruction of the power source, for it we will need all the Dreamers and dreams to work together to make sure the bringer of the apocalypse, not Ronan to everyone's surprise, is still coming and there is more work to do. But to do that work, some of the other Lynch brothers are going to have to help each other in some unexpected ways. Ronan specifically is needed, his origin story is so different than I expected it to be, but then of course, it would be.
Look at that poor asshole lying on that packed dirt, look how lovingly tattooed his skin was, each mark a small confirmation that even though it felt like he hated his life and his body, deep down, he wanted to keep it, to redecorate the place to his own liking.
Greywaren is like a dream. There is so much going on and all the pieces fit together in different ways but once I closed the book there are moments that stick out clear as day and other items that drift in and out of my recollection nebulous in the aftermath of waking up. Overall I leave this collection of dreams on paper with satisfied feelings and new questions and hopes of more books with characters from The Raven Boys as Blue and Gansey have seemed to have adventures of their own.
I love Steifvater's writing. It is lyrical and wondrous in nature and it is always full of strangeness and uniqueness. I can only name a handful of writers that have brought a story so to life that I look for the characters in my everyday world certain they are real people out there in this world and she is just telling their story. I want the world of the Dreamers to be real, in some ways as it is so full of possibilities, like all dreams.
Narration:
Will Patton breathes life into this story and the characters in it. I have loved his performance of all of the books and novellas set in the world of The Raven Cycle I can't even begin to imagine what this series and the other would have been without his magical narration of the story. He, by far, made the books an even better experience and while that doesn't detract from what Stiefvater does with her writing, it just adds cumulatively to the enjoyment of the book. If you have never tried an audiobook before I highly recommend The Raven Cycle to be your first.
Listen to a clip: HERE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Look, I don’t know what these people read that made them think this book was bad or written to fulfill a contract. They are crazy. This was dark, fragmented, dangerous and most of all beautiful conclusion for the Dreamer trilogy. The Lynch brothers will forever live in my heart (and dreams). My only regret is that this is indeed the end of their story but I couldn’t have dreamt a more perfect ending.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes