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A review by judeandolin
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
2.0
A quick read -- it was fun, but not fantastic. The writing was a little overbearing at times, especially Sam's frequent attempts at "deep" lyric writing, all of which read like something out of a misunderstood 7th grader's binder.
Once I got over the "holy hell this girl was actually romantically interested in a wolf" part, the book wasn't so bad. I mean, I didn't feel a connection to any of the characters (they all read like caricatures), there wasn't all that much intrigue, the dialogue was for the most part pretty terrible and YA-y (I'm not kidding when I say I liked Twilight much, much more), BUT hey! The romance parts were kinda cute at times (when I forgot how much of a schmuck Sam was) and the pacing was pretty good.
And I realize I've used "pretty" far too many times in one review, but that's basically what this was. It wasn't bad, but it was *pretty* bad. It also wasn't good, but it was pretty okay. So I'm going to give it a pretty average rating: 2/5
Once I got over the "holy hell this girl was actually romantically interested in a wolf" part, the book wasn't so bad. I mean, I didn't feel a connection to any of the characters (they all read like caricatures), there wasn't all that much intrigue, the dialogue was for the most part pretty terrible and YA-y (I'm not kidding when I say I liked Twilight much, much more), BUT hey! The romance parts were kinda cute at times (when I forgot how much of a schmuck Sam was) and the pacing was pretty good.
And I realize I've used "pretty" far too many times in one review, but that's basically what this was. It wasn't bad, but it was *pretty* bad. It also wasn't good, but it was pretty okay. So I'm going to give it a pretty average rating: 2/5