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Linger

Maggie Stiefvater

3.71 AVERAGE


So slow.

sighhhh... made me emo

This is a good, quick, guilty-pleasure read. The story is the typical Twilight-esque teen drama. I did like that the werewolves were a little darker than those in other books. I would have loved this as a young teen, but it didn't translate as an adult like many YA novels do.

I HATED the audiobook people, but I really enjoyed this novel. I hate that now I have to wait for the third installment because it's not available at the library. Thinking, I may break down and get the third one on my Kindle to find out what happens.
Overall, good followup to the first in the series.
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

La superbe suite de Shiver. le récit prendre une toute autre direction : on aurait pu se dire que Shiver aurait fait un one-shot parfait, vu sa fin. mais non, les choses ne sont pas aussi simples pour Grace & Sam.
Chacun devra affronter leurs démons et surmonter des obstacles de taille pour espèrer enfin envisager un futur ensemble.
Sans compter l'apparition de nouveaux loups qui mettent la pagaille dans la vie de Sam qui doit désormais gérer la meute.

J'ai beaucoup aimé cette suite. majoritairement grâce aux personnages de Isabel & Cole. Grace et Sam évoluent de leur côté et ne sont pas négligés bien sur (il ont leur lot de crasses hahaha) mais les personnages secondaire prennent de l'importance et c'est sympa. Je trouve qu'on devine trop vite ce qui arrive à Grace, bien avant qu'elle commence elle-même à y croire. c'est un peu dommage. Mais Sam est toujours aussi attachant, et adorable *o* Mais surtout : COLE !! HAHAHAH LE perso agaçant et casse-pieds qu'il manquait à la série. Je l'adore évidemment, il a un bon fond au final...

Musique : Black Light Burns - Cruel Melody [album] -> parce que j'imaginais justement très bien Cole faire ce genre de musique !
medium-paced

Fails to continue on the rush created by the first book. A bit aimless. Song lyrics composed by Sam are a bit painful to read so mostly I skipped them. Last half of the book picked up the pace somewhat. I liked it and will be reading the last one, but I can't help but zero in on several amateur-ish mistakes (?) that take me out of the immersion in the book. It's stiefvater, who I love, but she has not honed her craft to the degree I've grown used to.
dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

canon confirmed: everyone is a furry