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Greywaren

Maggie Stiefvater

4.31 AVERAGE

alinajr's review against another edition

5.0

I can't stop crying, Ronan and Adam are finally happy

manjala's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I postponed reading the last 50 or so pages for more than a week. Just because I couldn't get myself to finish a series that I've spent so much time with, that has meant a lot to me.

I can't help but feel a weird sense of nostalgia, loss but also fulfillment from this last book. Obviously, this new trilogy brought in a ton of new themes, characters and mysteries into the world of the Raven Cycle, so a lot also had to be tied up in the last book. I think Maggie did the best she could've done with it.
The epilogue was all I wanted, I just wanted a bit more from it! And when all conflict in the story was said and done, on one hand I couldn't help but feel like it wasn't fully finished. But knowing this world, that must've been intentional to some extent.

Lynch family, you'll live in my heart after this one <3

ellewg's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

narcissisticsoul's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

A very solid ending to the series, honestly far far better than TRC's ending because it actually felt conclusive and probable and the building up didn't fall flat with all the reveals. I would have enjoyed honestly a peek into Carmen and Nathan's life as well, to really grow to understand their bond and relationship because while I liked Carmen, I barely cared about that whole ordeal. The Moderators reveal was fucking insane though, props for that.

I do think overall, because of the amount of things that needed to be addressed, it felt incoherent at times, a bit messy to keep up with and I would have loved more Matthew POVs to understand his growth as well, I think he was left behind far too often, my darling son </3

LOVEDDD Jordan and Hennessy though, their continuous push and pull and how strained and yet strong their connection remained was beautiful and honestly, very realistic to how sisters tend to be, especially ones as intertwined as those two.

thatgeorgias's review against another edition

5.0

i decided to not sleep and just binge this through the night and now i'm left hollow and healed all at once, this book means everything to me.

murmaidiel's review against another edition

2.0

Reading other reviews makes me feel a little better about giving this a low rating. I love love love TRC, and the first two books in The Dreamer Trilogy were great. Characters I didn't think I'd like (Bryde, Hennessy, Jordan!!) grew on me, which I expect from a Maggie Stiefvater book. Her characters feel like real people, and that's what I love so much about TRC and The Dreamer Trilogy.

But this finale, I just can't get behind. Very early on in Greywaren, I felt unsure about where the story was going. I decided to "trust the process" and unfortunately, the process is not very trustworthy...

I wasn't expecting this series to be TRC 2.0 because I know that's impossible, but it's not a very compelling sequel. A bit sad to say after how much I had looked forward to this series, but overall I'm happy I read it.