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skylar_blue's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
breezy610's review
4.0
it was pretty good. i think it's kind of ionic how it turned out in the end. i hope that Sam and grace find some type of happiness.
blurrypetals's review
2.0
I want to punch Grace Brisbane in the muzzle.
I can't stand people who don't respect their parents. Miss Brisbane has parents who provide a roof, car, and food for her. So, when they started being a little strict with her and her wolfy boy-toy, and she started being a disrespectful, whiny little bitch (no pun intended, seeing as she ACTUALLY turns into a female dog at the end) I was determined to find this fictional character and punch her in her already-bleeding face. Normal girls don't act that way when they're away from their boyfriends for a FEW DAYS. Miss Brisbane makes it sound like they're star-crossed lovers that have been torn apart for months by the cruel hands of fate. I was aching for the entire book, just hoping this ungrateful little shit would die or turn into a wolf or SOMETHING so I could get the hell out of her head.
Cole St. Clair and Isabel Culpepper saved (and stole) the show, in my opinion, with their rocky, awkward, broken romance. Can I have an entire series with only the two of them in it, please?
And Sam can be in this new series, too. Because I like Sam. It's just a shame that he's all caught up and infatuated with the whiny bitch that I want to bludgeon with a stone.
SO, Maggie Stiefvater. Shape up your heroine in this next and last book, will ya? Because, dear GOD, she's hard to stomach.
I can't stand people who don't respect their parents. Miss Brisbane has parents who provide a roof, car, and food for her. So, when they started being a little strict with her and her wolfy boy-toy, and she started being a disrespectful, whiny little bitch (no pun intended, seeing as she ACTUALLY turns into a female dog at the end) I was determined to find this fictional character and punch her in her already-bleeding face. Normal girls don't act that way when they're away from their boyfriends for a FEW DAYS. Miss Brisbane makes it sound like they're star-crossed lovers that have been torn apart for months by the cruel hands of fate. I was aching for the entire book, just hoping this ungrateful little shit would die or turn into a wolf or SOMETHING so I could get the hell out of her head.
Cole St. Clair and Isabel Culpepper saved (and stole) the show, in my opinion, with their rocky, awkward, broken romance. Can I have an entire series with only the two of them in it, please?
And Sam can be in this new series, too. Because I like Sam. It's just a shame that he's all caught up and infatuated with the whiny bitch that I want to bludgeon with a stone.
SO, Maggie Stiefvater. Shape up your heroine in this next and last book, will ya? Because, dear GOD, she's hard to stomach.
elysia_16's review
5.0
"The longing, the loss, the Linger." The genre of this book is Fantasy. I think Linger was the best book of the trilogy. The romance along with all the characters points of view and introducing a new character, the book was still a hit for me. To be honest I've read this book many times and still have enjoyed reading it the whole way through.
To begin, the setting of the story is in Mercy Falls. The book is also in four characters' points of view. Grace, Sam, Isabel, and Cole. Overall the main summary is this: The characters all want different things. Grace wants to be a werewolf, but can't because she is stuck as a human. Sam wants Tom Culpeper to stop shooting the wolves and for the wolves to keep on living. Cole wants to be a werewolf but he's staying human for a little while than he expected. Isabel wants things to be okay, but she not that important in the story. At the end of the book what's happens is.....wait....I'm not telling;-). The conflict of the story is person .vs. self because the two worlds——werewolf and human are hard to stay only one and with so many difficulties, it's hard to tell who will live.
I thought the ending of the book was a cliffhanger and surprising at the same time. It was both of those things because grace had turned into a wolf and Sam needed to find a cure that would make all wolves human.....forever. In the text it says, "The window," he told me. I stared at him. "She's not dying," Cole said, his own eyes were wide. "She's shifting." I looked back down at the girl on the bed, and she looked back up at me. "Sam," she said. She was jerking, her shoulders hunching. I couldn't watch her. Grace, going through the agony of the shift. Grace, becoming a wolf. Grace, like Beck and Ulrik and every other wolf before her, disappearing into the woods. I was losing her. She was becoming less Grace in my arms every moment, and when Cole lowered her outside the window, she retched on the grass. I knelt beside her;her eyes huge and afraid and my heart was breaking. "I will come find you," I said. "I promise I'll come find you. Don't forget me. Don't—don't lose yourself." Grace grabbed for my hand and missed, catching herself from falling onto the ground instead. And then she cried out, and the girl I knew was gone,many there was only a wolf with brown eyes." I still watch her now, like I always did, and she watches me, her brown eyes looking out from a wolf's face. This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one. I won't let this be my goodbye. I've folded one thousand paper crane memories of me and Grace, and I've made my wish. I will find a cure. And then I will find Grace." Wow. Just wow. This ending was so amazing all I could say was "wow." The ending makes you(me) want to read the last book of the trilogy.....Forever. A quote from the story that stood out to me was the one on the cover's inside. "the linger. For Grace,Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces—wolf and human—with love barring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing, and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?" I loved how the author kinda made you want to read the book because to me, I would want to know what happens, if love can stay, or if their love falls apart with their world.....hmmmm. :-/.
The point of view of the story is in 4 different perspectives. Sam, Cole, Isabel, and Grace. In the story it says, "chapter 1 •Sam•. Chapter 2 •Cole•. Chapter 3 •Isabel•. Chapter 4 •Grace•." All chapters give you a different perspective from all the characters but still tie into the main story. I didn't get why the author had to include Cole in the Linger book/story. "This is who I was before I was, before I was a wolf: I was Cole St. Clair, and I was NARKOTIKA. While I was carrying my keyboard, some girl who called herself Jackie gave us some pills I'd never seen before. "Cole," she whispered in my ear, "Cole this will take you places you haven't been." I reached down and touched her hand, tapping it until she understood what I meant and opened her palm. It was empty, but she reached into her jeans and pulled out a wad of plastic wrap. Inside, I saw a collection of electric green pills, each stamped with two Ts. They got an A+ for pretty, but who knew what they were. "Brilliant," I said, and hung up on him. I turned to Jackie. "I'll take the whole bag. Tell Victor. He's my purse." So Victor paid for them. But I'd asked for them, so I guess it was still my fault. Or maybe it was Jackie's for not telling us what they were, but that was Club Josephine for you. The place to find the new high before anyone knew how high it took you. Unnamed pills, brand new powders, shining mysterious nectar in vials." This was one side of Cole and his background, and I wasn't interested hearing anymore of it throughout the story, but I didn't hear much of it after that. He wasn't my favorite character, but he was one of the worst in my opinion. Cole, to me, seemed out of place in the book, I mean he worked in it, but didn't deserve any 'main character spotlight' in the story.
Overall, I give Linger a 5/5 stars, even with some flaws in it. This was my favorite book of the trilogy and a book I've read at least 5 times. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes reading about werewolves and romance, with a little suspense and twist ending to the whole trilogy. If you liked Shiver I'd also recommend this book to you because this, to me was the most interesting ones. If you liked this book then I'd suggest you read the last book, Forever. So if there's a full moon and you hear bowling in the distance, my guess would be that you're hearing the (were)wolves cry.
To begin, the setting of the story is in Mercy Falls. The book is also in four characters' points of view. Grace, Sam, Isabel, and Cole. Overall the main summary is this: The characters all want different things. Grace wants to be a werewolf, but can't because she is stuck as a human. Sam wants Tom Culpeper to stop shooting the wolves and for the wolves to keep on living. Cole wants to be a werewolf but he's staying human for a little while than he expected. Isabel wants things to be okay, but she not that important in the story. At the end of the book what's happens is.....wait....I'm not telling;-). The conflict of the story is person .vs. self because the two worlds——werewolf and human are hard to stay only one and with so many difficulties, it's hard to tell who will live.
I thought the ending of the book was a cliffhanger and surprising at the same time. It was both of those things because grace had turned into a wolf and Sam needed to find a cure that would make all wolves human.....forever. In the text it says, "The window," he told me. I stared at him. "She's not dying," Cole said, his own eyes were wide. "She's shifting." I looked back down at the girl on the bed, and she looked back up at me. "Sam," she said. She was jerking, her shoulders hunching. I couldn't watch her. Grace, going through the agony of the shift. Grace, becoming a wolf. Grace, like Beck and Ulrik and every other wolf before her, disappearing into the woods. I was losing her. She was becoming less Grace in my arms every moment, and when Cole lowered her outside the window, she retched on the grass. I knelt beside her;her eyes huge and afraid and my heart was breaking. "I will come find you," I said. "I promise I'll come find you. Don't forget me. Don't—don't lose yourself." Grace grabbed for my hand and missed, catching herself from falling onto the ground instead. And then she cried out, and the girl I knew was gone,many there was only a wolf with brown eyes." I still watch her now, like I always did, and she watches me, her brown eyes looking out from a wolf's face. This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one. I won't let this be my goodbye. I've folded one thousand paper crane memories of me and Grace, and I've made my wish. I will find a cure. And then I will find Grace." Wow. Just wow. This ending was so amazing all I could say was "wow." The ending makes you(me) want to read the last book of the trilogy.....Forever. A quote from the story that stood out to me was the one on the cover's inside. "the linger. For Grace,Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces—wolf and human—with love barring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing, and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?" I loved how the author kinda made you want to read the book because to me, I would want to know what happens, if love can stay, or if their love falls apart with their world.....hmmmm. :-/.
The point of view of the story is in 4 different perspectives. Sam, Cole, Isabel, and Grace. In the story it says, "chapter 1 •Sam•. Chapter 2 •Cole•. Chapter 3 •Isabel•. Chapter 4 •Grace•." All chapters give you a different perspective from all the characters but still tie into the main story. I didn't get why the author had to include Cole in the Linger book/story. "This is who I was before I was, before I was a wolf: I was Cole St. Clair, and I was NARKOTIKA. While I was carrying my keyboard, some girl who called herself Jackie gave us some pills I'd never seen before. "Cole," she whispered in my ear, "Cole this will take you places you haven't been." I reached down and touched her hand, tapping it until she understood what I meant and opened her palm. It was empty, but she reached into her jeans and pulled out a wad of plastic wrap. Inside, I saw a collection of electric green pills, each stamped with two Ts. They got an A+ for pretty, but who knew what they were. "Brilliant," I said, and hung up on him. I turned to Jackie. "I'll take the whole bag. Tell Victor. He's my purse." So Victor paid for them. But I'd asked for them, so I guess it was still my fault. Or maybe it was Jackie's for not telling us what they were, but that was Club Josephine for you. The place to find the new high before anyone knew how high it took you. Unnamed pills, brand new powders, shining mysterious nectar in vials." This was one side of Cole and his background, and I wasn't interested hearing anymore of it throughout the story, but I didn't hear much of it after that. He wasn't my favorite character, but he was one of the worst in my opinion. Cole, to me, seemed out of place in the book, I mean he worked in it, but didn't deserve any 'main character spotlight' in the story.
Overall, I give Linger a 5/5 stars, even with some flaws in it. This was my favorite book of the trilogy and a book I've read at least 5 times. I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes reading about werewolves and romance, with a little suspense and twist ending to the whole trilogy. If you liked Shiver I'd also recommend this book to you because this, to me was the most interesting ones. If you liked this book then I'd suggest you read the last book, Forever. So if there's a full moon and you hear bowling in the distance, my guess would be that you're hearing the (were)wolves cry.
kirigoodie's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
heathercottledillon's review
3.0
I think "Linger" is a good title for this story because that's what I felt like the plot was doing. Some stuff is going on - Cole is introduced and we learn his story, Grace defies her parents to be with Sam, Grace gets closer and closer to becoming a wolf - but it seems to all be in limbo and I like more action in books. One thing I do like is all of the different first-person perspectives (Grace, Sam, Cole, and Isabel). It's difficult to pull that off, but I think Maggie does it well. Each of the narrators has a distinct voice and style. That made the story more interesting, but I still couldn't REALLY get into it.
jsc55's review
4.0
this book was good, but not as good as linger... i still really enjoy the story and the characters, and i know a lot of times the middle book in a trilogy is generally not as good... the book was a little slow moving, but picked up near the end... i will still eagerly await the final book in the series and hope for an awesome ending.