dpresta's review
4.0
I like revisiting the characters and the world from Shiver. Overall, I liked the book but I thought it dragged a little bit in the middle. The plot picked up in the end and I am looking forward to finding what happens in the next book.
seraphinaskrek's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
vmars314's review
4.0
It was slow to start out, but it got really good towards the end. Can't wait to read Forever now!
lakecake's review
2.0
I need to preface this sort of bad looking review by saying that I didn't really think that this needed to be a trilogy--I was really happy with the way book 1 wrapped up and I felt like any other books in the series would be unnecessary. SO, with that in mind and how I went into reading this book, it really wasn't bad. Steifvater has a great voice, and Grace and Sam are really believable characters. Cole was useless until about 3/4 of the way through, and Isabel is just so one-dimensional that I had a hard time liking her in this book at all. It all just felt really unnecessary to me. I'll still read book 3 so that I can figure out how it ends, but book 1 will really be it for me.
artyemis's review
2.0
Il riassunto di questo libro è: mi interessa sapere di Beck, Ulrik e Paul e non me ne frega quasi niente del quartetto dei protagonisti. Ergo questo libro non sta funzionando con me se trovo i personaggi che la scrittrice vuole farmi amare incredibilmente noiosi e stereotipati mentre mi attacco ai secondari.
reginarix's review against another edition
2.0
Secondo libro che inizia molto a rilento: troviamo molte informazioni sulle storie dei lupi e viene introdotto il punto di vista di una nuova coppia, Cole e Isabel. Ma mi è mancata quell'atmosfera romantica e sognante di 'shiver', non mi sono sentita coinvolta nemmeno quando tutto è andato storto... E non si parla di Shelby, né di Olivia, vedremo nel terzo. Resta comunque una lettura piacevole e con piccoli tocchi poetici.
leonajasmin's review against another edition
3.0
Usually, when I give 3*, it's because I liked some aspects but there were a few things I would've changed myself to make it more my jam. But this book was just...3*. Nothing was outstandingly good but it wasn't necessarily bad either. I enjoyed the introduction of Cole, but this book felt pretty slow and plotless at times.
thereadingwren's review
3.0
3/5
Kind of a let down from the intrigue of the first book.
There was a lot of heavy stuff going on in this book with Sam's PTSD and grief, Cole's drug/alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts, and Grace's sickness. But with dealing with all these issues and the book mainly focusing on being human it lost a lot of the atmospheric and mystic writing that I adored from the first book.
Grace in this book was a little annoying with being kind of obsessive with Sam and having fights with her parents that were incredibly, tragically, cliched. I liked Isabel until the end when she became really harsh with Sam and saw no issue with what she was saying. I didn't like Cole until he randomly decided he didn't care so much about being a wolf and was trying to be a good person. Sam was still Sam so that was something.
(I would really love for some brotherly-type bonding between Sam and Cole btw)
The relationship between Cole and Isabel was confusing as hell. It was sudden, but not in the more believable way that Sam and Grace fell quickly for each other. As well as random there didn't seem to be any deeper feelings for either of them and I didn't see the point of their 'will-they-won't-they'.
Everything just felt a little off. Perhaps this book suffers from middle-book-syndrome. At least it set up a potentially interesting third book premise.
Kind of a let down from the intrigue of the first book.
There was a lot of heavy stuff going on in this book with Sam's PTSD and grief, Cole's drug/alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts, and Grace's sickness. But with dealing with all these issues and the book mainly focusing on being human it lost a lot of the atmospheric and mystic writing that I adored from the first book.
Grace in this book was a little annoying with being kind of obsessive with Sam and having fights with her parents that were incredibly, tragically, cliched. I liked Isabel until the end when she became really harsh with Sam and saw no issue with what she was saying. I didn't like Cole until he randomly decided he didn't care so much about being a wolf and was trying to be a good person. Sam was still Sam so that was something.
(I would really love for some brotherly-type bonding between Sam and Cole btw)
The relationship between Cole and Isabel was confusing as hell. It was sudden, but not in the more believable way that Sam and Grace fell quickly for each other. As well as random there didn't seem to be any deeper feelings for either of them and I didn't see the point of their 'will-they-won't-they'.
Everything just felt a little off. Perhaps this book suffers from middle-book-syndrome. At least it set up a potentially interesting third book premise.
bookish_4life's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0