Name: Greywaren (the Dreamer Trilogy #3)
ISBN: 9780702323737

Maggie Stiefvater

THE MAJESTIC CONCLUSION TO MAGGIE STIEFVATER'S DREAMER TRILOGY The war between dreams and reality intensifies... with Ronan at its center. The first two books in the trilogy, CALL DOWN THE HAWK and MISTER IMPOSSIBLE, debuted high on the New York Times bestseller list. Legions of fans are eager to see how this trilogy will end.

Greywaren (the Dreamer Trilogy #3)

Aishling

** spoiler alert **
           I’m so disappointed in this I want to cry

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So I finally think I’m ready to talk about why I was so disappointed in this. There will be lots of spoilers so be prepared. I’d also like to point out that I love TRC and still do. I also loved Call Down the Hawk, and enjoyed Mister Impossible, so it’s not like I went into this book planning to be negative of hate it. It was just such a disappointment that my love for the characters couldn’t make up for it. 

First thing, Ronan was barely in any of this book. He was “asleep” for 80% of the book. And then Maggie decided to make him a dream. I hated this so much. Why add such a huge piece of back story to a character in a spin off series and at the last 10% of the final book. The whole thing about the Lynch brothers was that there was the dream, the dreamer, and Declan. And not to mention the line “the son of a dream and the son of a dreamer” doesn’t even count now since Ronan wasn’t the son of Niall and dream mom.

Second thing, Adam. When he first saw Ronan he was stuck asleep and Adam just said “oh well, here’s your watch bye” and left not caring whether Ronan would live or die. That’s not the Adam I know and I hated it. How could Adam Parrish who loves Ronan Lynch not care that he might just die?? I know he came back after but I still can’t believe he’s just leave him like that in the first place. Then their reunion was a half assed scene, their “makeup” wasn’t even detailed, we just got told they danced around each other in their weird dream state and made up. I feel like this was a massive cop out cause Maggie didn’t know how to write a detailed scene of them actually going over all their issues. 

Third thing, Lilliana, the woman who said she would not die and be Carmen till she’s old, died. Maggie said “wait a minute I have no one for Hennessy to have her happy ever after with so I’m gonna kill off Liliana and then Carmen can be with Hennessy.” Bullshit. 

Fourth, Jordan and Hennessy. What did they even do in this book?? They talked to the art people but until the end of the book they just did nothing and added nothing to the story.

Fifth, Declan, who became the main character in this trilogy. I never would’ve guessed that I’d love Declan when I started this series but he really became the main character and stole the show. I loved him but again I feel like he hardly did anything in the story? And he just happened to get himself shot before the final moment so he could conveniently sit it out. This was mostly the same thing with Matthew. He has some moments but then he just got himself lost for a while and randomly showed up at the end. They are still the two I loved the most in this book and I felt so bad for the stress Declan was under and how Matthew was only living half a life. 

Oh and I almost forgot about Nathan, who turned out the be the villain in the end which felt so random. Looking back on the first book, the “villain” was supposed to be the night wash and the people Carmen was working for. But then they were actually all dreams?? And the night wash issue just wasn’t an issue anymore after being Nathan? I feel like that wasn’t even explained well. I know Ronan got the tattoo but I can’t even remember how Matthew is fine or Jordan. 

The epilogue wasn’t all that satisfying either. I’m happy for Declan and Jordan, but Ronan’s casual proposal didn’t do it for me. Not to mention that I felt like it was implied that Ronan and Adam spend a lot of time apart? There just wasn’t any Pynch moments in this book that I enjoyed and it’s such a shame cause “Call Down the Hawk” has some great moments but there was nothing else after that. I just wanted one chapter where they actually sat down and had a real conversation and talk things out and just have time to be in love and we got none of it. 

Overall this was just not enjoyable. Maggie pulled new canon details out of nowhere and it felt so messy and unplanned. Details in this book changed so much details even from TRC and I’m really not a fan of it all. It just makes it feel like Maggie was making things up as she does along and I prefer preplanned plots.

Honestly I’m just gonna pretend this trilogy never happened (but I will remember that I now love Declan.)

Update: I remembered more things to be mad about! The lack of Opal!! Maggie just threw her off into the forest and she got mentioned once I think in book two when we saw her, and then never again? Ronan’s literal child gotten rid of, he didn’t even have partial custody he just gave her up and never thought about her again. I love Opal so much and I can’t imagine why Maggie made her such a big part of TRC only to get rid of her in TDT.

Greywaren (the Dreamer Trilogy #3)

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