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A review by duvyna
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
4.0
The Raven King is the last book in this series and ties thing up. Since I started this series late I did not suffer from the publishing gap between book 3 and 4! Overall I thought the series was a bit slow paced but still enjoyable. I think that it was a unique story and I liked most of the characters and could connect to them. This also stayed pretty firmly in the YA category and teens of all ages could read this.
The author does give you quite a lot of information to keep straight and I think that is why the pacing is a little slower. Even though we’ve been given a ton of info I do wish the situation with Noah at the end was explained better. I feel like I still don’t know the why of Noah’s role or the why Gansey even. Another character was Henry. I think it would have been better if he was around from the beginning of this tale. He came in later and I felt his part was not as well fleshed out as it could have been.
A couple of things I do have a bigger problem with are the relationship between Ronin and Adam. I just did not feel Adam was gay, so his and Ronin’s interactions just seemed off to me and just didn’t flow. The other part that bugged me was how quickly and tidily some of the plot threads were tied up. There was a bit of hastiness to it that felt out of the flow.
Overall I think if you read all the way to book 4 you will like the story overall and feel good that it’s all wrapped up.
The author does give you quite a lot of information to keep straight and I think that is why the pacing is a little slower. Even though we’ve been given a ton of info I do wish the situation with Noah at the end was explained better. I feel like I still don’t know the why of Noah’s role or the why Gansey even. Another character was Henry. I think it would have been better if he was around from the beginning of this tale. He came in later and I felt his part was not as well fleshed out as it could have been.
A couple of things I do have a bigger problem with are the relationship between Ronin and Adam. I just did not feel Adam was gay, so his and Ronin’s interactions just seemed off to me and just didn’t flow. The other part that bugged me was how quickly and tidily some of the plot threads were tied up. There was a bit of hastiness to it that felt out of the flow.
Overall I think if you read all the way to book 4 you will like the story overall and feel good that it’s all wrapped up.