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grimmdark's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
well ok so as always with these books i enjoyed myself thoroughly because i love the world and the characters and the story, so much! and i have about 3 million quotes i loved that i've kept, because maggie stiefvater's style is so rich. besides the humor (top notch), so many times i found myself reading descriptions of feelings or small moments that my mind could barely grasp as i lived through them. but there they were, laid down so accurately on the page! this sentence barely makes sense but yeah.
THAT SAID, out of the three books in this series that i've read thus far, this is my least favorite. again, it was really good! just not my favorite. there's so much happening everywhere all the time with everyone and everything felt kind of scattered? so all the elements of the story kind of just... float aimlessly towards the ending? i don't know. i felt i was kind of grabbing at too many strings at the same time, and it made the story feel perhaps longer than it was. could be because this is also the book that's taken me by far the longest to finish cause i've been busy!
can't wait to dig into trk!i'm beyond heartbroken about persephone and jesse dittley. i loved them both so much
also, i was half expecting neeve to make a comeback sooner or later, but i wasn't expecting that ending! she knew piper's name but the latter hadn't ever told her what it was. so either she guessed it with her powers somehow, since she's such a powerful psychic, or she was there the whole time and overheard it when blue, the gray man, etc... were still there. creepy. why does she even make an appearance such a long time after they escape? like did she just stand there watching piper fading in and out of consciousness for however long that was???
i don't know how i feel about gwenllian! and i'm having trouble believing the guy blue found with maura actually is THEE artemus???? guess we'll see.
THAT SAID, out of the three books in this series that i've read thus far, this is my least favorite. again, it was really good! just not my favorite. there's so much happening everywhere all the time with everyone and everything felt kind of scattered? so all the elements of the story kind of just... float aimlessly towards the ending? i don't know. i felt i was kind of grabbing at too many strings at the same time, and it made the story feel perhaps longer than it was. could be because this is also the book that's taken me by far the longest to finish cause i've been busy!
can't wait to dig into trk!
also, i was half expecting neeve to make a comeback sooner or later, but i wasn't expecting that ending! she knew piper's name but the latter hadn't ever told her what it was. so either she guessed it with her powers somehow, since she's such a powerful psychic, or she was there the whole time and overheard it when blue, the gray man, etc... were still there. creepy. why does she even make an appearance such a long time after they escape? like did she just stand there watching piper fading in and out of consciousness for however long that was???
i don't know how i feel about gwenllian! and i'm having trouble believing the guy blue found with maura actually is THEE artemus???? guess we'll see.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing
onefineelephant's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
8/10. Great addition to the series. Continues to surprise me and pull at my heartstrings. Very much would like to see both sets of potential couples get together and be relatively happy for at least a little bit in the next book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Child death
lilifane's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is my favorite one so far. I love these characters with all my heart and I don't know what to do with my feelings tbh. Can't actually believe that this book is the same length as the second one. Because I flew through this one and was so surprised when it was over so quickly. Everything that I didn't like in book 2 was much much better now. I really liked the plot here again and oh my, there were so many tender and emotional scenes, with all of them together and in smaller constellations balanced out.
The Adam/Ronan scenes? Woah, that surprised me! Because I didn't really have a connection to Ronan before... but seeing him through Adam's eyes gave me life! If we don't get more of this I will probably cry. I'm prepared to cry. I don't want this series to eeeeend!
The Adam/Ronan scenes? Woah, that surprised me! Because I didn't really have a connection to Ronan before... but seeing him through Adam's eyes gave me life! If we don't get more of this I will probably cry. I'm prepared to cry. I don't want this series to eeeeend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
alyssadavis's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It should have been impossible. No one should have been able to dream any of these thing, much less all of them. But Adam had seen what Ronan could do. He'd read the dreamt will and ridden in the dreamt Camaro and been terrified by the dreamt night terror.
It was possible that there were two gods in this church.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Grief and Injury/Injury detail
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