Forever
by Maggie Stiefvater
Forever is a fantasy,
werewolf, teen fiction, drama, and love story.
It is the third of a trilogy called Wolves of Mercy Falls. This book picks up rather
oddly following the character Shelby (which is the one and only time the story is
told from her point of view), and it was very confusing to me. Eventually the
scene does make sense though. There is a slight gap in time that is probably at
least a month or so. The story is still told from the viewpoints of Sam, Grace,
Isabel, and Cole.
The change in each
character is definitely more visible in this book, and it really hits you how
much they’ve grown. They are still at the core themselves, but each has grown
in other facets greatly. This book definitely made me care more about Isabel
and Cole than Sam and Grace. It felt weird to not be more connected with the
main characters. Not that I wanted them to die, but I definitely wanted Cole
and Isabel to live and be happy.
The composition wasn’t
as great as the other books; there were random moments that just didn’t read as
nicely as other parts did. It aired on the side of feeling sloppy and quickly
thrown together as well. This book also randomly decided to up its vocabulary
level and I had to look up a one or two words, but their meaning were easy to
pick up from their context. There was also a lot more angst and tension within
this storyline, and I liked that part of it. But I was left feeling like I wanted more things to happen. The storyline isn't overall action filled with stuff; it is definitely more talk and people looking longingly into the distance.It is quite unlike a lot of other
werewolf and fantasy books, there isn’t a like rivalry between two groups (i.e. werewolves versus vampires).
Overall, this isn’t one
of my favorite series. There is also a somewhat anti-climactic ending; I was left
wanting like an epilogue or something. As well as feeling a little soft on the
ending, I did find that with the level of angst in this book there wasn’t
enough big events. So it really left me wanting more things happening. There
was a moment towards the end of the book that I had to completely like
disassociate with, because it was so dark and hard to read. It wasn’t like a
bad dark though; the events really give the book like a deeper feel. I'd probably give the series as a whole like a 6 or 7, because I liked parts of it and did enjoy reading it. I just wish there was more!
Side Note: the book does have red font which I quite like.
Side Note: the book does have red font which I quite like.
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