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A review by pippa_w
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
4.0
In a way, she thought, Ronan had been screaming since she'd met him. She just hadn't been able to hear it, since she'd been screaming, too.
Look, this book filled my heart and absolutely captivated me. The way that Maggie Stiefvater has managed to tie together all the threads from the Raven Cycle that she in turn artfully and callously snipped in this trilogy is truly remarkable.
But the reason why I was so attached to this book was not because I was so attached to each and every one of the characters, because I cared about all of them, because I even understood why they were all there (), but because I just. wanted. Ronan, Adam, and Matthew (and, okay, Declan, and Jordan because she's so key to his growth) to come out okay. And that was so uncertain throughout this book, and being whirled through that intricate, interesting journey held my whole heart.
I ultimately feel that this is the ending that this universe Stiefvater has created deserved. But do I think that we needed these extra characters and twist and turns? No. Do I think that these characters had earned these endings by the end of the Raven Cycle? Pretty much. Do I think this could have been one novel, or even a novella, with fewer unnecessary complications, just for grow the Lynch brothers to their full potentials ()? Yes.
Tanquam, Ronan thought, furious that Adam was upset, euphoric that he'd come back. It hadn't been that long before this that he'd been wanting to know what emotions felt like, and now he had all of them at once.
Just before the door closed behind him, Adam said to the dark, 'Alter idem.'
Look, this book filled my heart and absolutely captivated me. The way that Maggie Stiefvater has managed to tie together all the threads from the Raven Cycle that she in turn artfully and callously snipped in this trilogy is truly remarkable.
But the reason why I was so attached to this book was not because I was so attached to each and every one of the characters, because I cared about all of them, because I even understood why they were all there (
Spoiler
like... does anyone know why Fenian and Mór suddenly developed spines/consciences and ended up at Declan and Jordan's wedding???I ultimately feel that this is the ending that this universe Stiefvater has created deserved. But do I think that we needed these extra characters and twist and turns? No. Do I think that these characters had earned these endings by the end of the Raven Cycle? Pretty much. Do I think this could have been one novel, or even a novella, with fewer unnecessary complications, just for grow the Lynch brothers to their full potentials (
Spoiler
which, arguably in Matthew's case, this trilogy didn't accomplishTanquam, Ronan thought, furious that Adam was upset, euphoric that he'd come back. It hadn't been that long before this that he'd been wanting to know what emotions felt like, and now he had all of them at once.
Just before the door closed behind him, Adam said to the dark, 'Alter idem.'